The significance of biomass in a circular economy

J Sherwood - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A circular economy relies on the value of resources being maximised indefinitely, requiring
that virtually no unrecoverable waste occurs. Biomass is highly significant in a circular …

Fruit and vegetable waste management: Conventional and emerging approaches

I Esparza, N Jiménez-Moreno, F Bimbela… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes (FVW) is challenging owing to logistic-
related problems, as well as to their perishable nature and heterogeneity, among other …

Towards transparent valorization of food surplus, waste and loss: Clarifying definitions, food waste hierarchy, and role in the circular economy

DA Teigiserova, L Hamelin, M Thomsen - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the key gaps of food waste prevention have been addressed in the context of
the emerging circular economy. First, current terminology related to food waste was …

Microbiome-functionality in anaerobic digesters: a critical review

X Zhang, Y Wang, P Jiao, M Zhang, Y Deng, C Jiang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbially driven anaerobic digestion (AD) processes are of immense interest due to their
role in the biovalorization of biowastes into renewable energy resources. The function …

[HTML][HTML] Volatile fatty acids production from food wastes for biorefinery platforms: A review

G Strazzera, F Battista, NH Garcia, N Frison… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are a class of largely used compounds in the chemical industry,
serving as starting molecules for bioenergy production and for the synthesis of a variety of …

Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Anaerobic digestion of food waste for bio-energy production in China and Southeast Asia: A review

C Negri, M Ricci, M Zilio, G D'Imporzano, W Qiao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid economic growth in Asia and especially in China, will lead to a huge increase of food
waste (FW) production that is expected to increase by 278–416 million tonnes. Among …

Co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge for methane production: Current status and perspective

S Mehariya, AK Patel, PK Obulisamy… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) is a valuable resource which requires sustainable management avenues
to reduce the hazardous environmental impacts and add-value for better economy …

Current status of anaerobic digestion of food waste in the United States

R Dalke, D Demro, Y Khalid, H Wu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilization of food waste (FW) and food processing waste streams in waste-to-energy
technologies has increased over the years in United States (US). This review paper …

Characterization and utilization of aqueous products from hydrothermal conversion of biomass for bio-oil and hydro-char production: a review

M Usman, H Chen, K Chen, S Ren, JH Clark, J Fan… - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrothermal conversion (HTC), including hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrothermal
carbonization, is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly thermochemical technology for …