Potential role of biochar on capturing soil nutrients, carbon sequestration and managing environmental challenges: a review

Z Elkhlifi, J Iftikhar, M Sarraf, B Ali, MH Saleem… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biochar (BC) properties and its influences within agricultural soil health and environmental
ecosystems largely depend on feedstock, residence time and pyrolysis conditions. The …

Advanced technologies on the sustainable approaches for conversion of organic waste to valuable bioproducts: Emerging circular bioeconomy perspective

V Ashokkumar, G Flora, R Venkatkarthick… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and other human activities have generated massive waste from
various sectors in recent decades. Studies revealed that by 2050, global solid waste …

Production, activation, and applications of biochar in recent times

AK Sakhiya, A Anand, P Kaushal - Biochar, 2020 - Springer
Biomass is a green energy source and is available in abundance. Biochar is a carbon-rich
material derived from a wide range of biomass or organic waste through the thermochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Food waste composting and microbial community structure profiling

K Palaniveloo, MA Amran, NA Norhashim… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, food waste has been one of the major issues globally as it brings a
negative impact on the environment and health. Rotting discharges methane, causing …

[HTML][HTML] A review of post-consumption food waste management and its potentials for biofuel production

FH Pour, YT Makkawi - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The global world production of food waste is expected to increase by 33% within the next
decade. The current annual food waste stands at around 1.6 billion tonnes, which is worth …

Effects of biochar carried microbial agent on compost quality, greenhouse gas emission and bacterial community during sheep manure composting

Z Wang, Y Xu, T Yang, Y Liu, T Zheng, C Zheng - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Although composting is a very effective way to dispose agricultural wastes, its development
is greatly limited by the low compost quality and greenhouse gas emissions. At present …

A review on the valorisation of food waste as a nutrient source and soil amendment

J O'Connor, SA Hoang, L Bradney, S Dutta… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Valorisation of food waste offers an economical and environmental opportunity, which can
reduce the problems of its conventional disposal. Food waste is commonly disposed of in …

Converting food waste into soil amendments for improving soil sustainability and crop productivity: a review

KN Palansooriya, PD Dissanayake… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
One-third of the annual food produced globally is wasted and much of the food waste (FW) is
unutilized; however, FW can be valorized into value-added industrial products such as …

Food waste recycling for compost production and its economic and environmental assessment as circular economy indicators of solid waste management

MI Rashid, K Shahzad - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic waste management (OWM) currently follows the linear economy principle in most of
the Gulf countries. Most CE studies to date revolve around the reduction, recycling, and …

A review on valorization of oyster mushroom and waste generated in the mushroom cultivation industry

WAW Mahari, W Peng, WL Nam, H Yang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
A review of valorization of oyster mushroom species and waste generated in the mushroom
cultivation is presented, with a focus on the cultivation and valorization techniques …