Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Food Waste Management: Resource Recovery and Treatment covers the latest methods of food waste management and resource recovery from a sustainability perspective and is suitable for universities, municipalities, and companies working in the field. This book provides a comprehensive account of food waste chemistry, the latest techniques for food waste treatment and recycling, sustainability assessment (social, economic, environmental), and challenges in food waste management. The book explores recycling to value-added products using sustainable concepts and methodologies, and is useful as a course or reference book for biochemical engineering, environmental sustainability, and waste management.
1. Chapter One. Sustainable Food Waste Management: An Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter Two. Food Waste Properties - p. 15 3. Chapter Three. Food Waste Generation and Collection - p. 55 4. Chapter Four. Closing the Food Chain Loop Through Waste Prevention - p. 107 5. Chapter Five. Food Waste Composting: Challenges and Possible Approaches - p. 137 6. Chapter Six. Bioconversion Technologies: Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste - p. 163 7. Chapter Seven. Microbial Conversion of Food Waste: Volatile Fatty Acids Platform - p. 205 8. Chapter Eight. Bioconversion Technologies: Insect and Worm Farming - p. 235 9. Chapter Nine. Bioconversion Technologies: Hydrolytic Enzyme Treatment of Food Waste - p. 267 10. Chapter Ten. Bioproducts From Food Waste - p. 279 11. Chapter Eleven. Conversion of Food Waste to Animal Feeds - p. 316 12. Chapter Twelve. Pyrolysis and Gasification of Food Waste - p. 325 13. Chapter Thirteen. Emerging Technologies for the Treatment of Food Waste - p. 356 14. Chapter Fourteen. Food Waste Policy - p. 377 15. Chapter Fifteen. Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Aspects of Food Waste - p. 393 16. Index - p. 419
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Food Waste Management: Resource Recovery and Treatment covers the latest methods of food waste management and resource recovery from a sustainability perspective and is suitable for universities, municipalities, and companies working in the field. This book provides a comprehensive account of food waste chemistry, the latest techniques for food waste treatment and recycling, sustainability assessment (social, economic, environmental), and challenges in food waste management. The book explores recycling to value-added products using sustainable concepts and methodologies, and is useful as a course or reference book for biochemical engineering, environmental sustainability, and waste management.
1. Chapter One. Sustainable Food Waste Management: An Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter Two. Food Waste Properties - p. 15 3. Chapter Three. Food Waste Generation and Collection - p. 55 4. Chapter Four. Closing the Food Chain Loop Through Waste Prevention - p. 107 5. Chapter Five. Food Waste Composting: Challenges and Possible Approaches - p. 137 6. Chapter Six. Bioconversion Technologies: Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste - p. 163 7. Chapter Seven. Microbial Conversion of Food Waste: Volatile Fatty Acids Platform - p. 205 8. Chapter Eight. Bioconversion Technologies: Insect and Worm Farming - p. 235 9. Chapter Nine. Bioconversion Technologies: Hydrolytic Enzyme Treatment of Food Waste - p. 267 10. Chapter Ten. Bioproducts From Food Waste - p. 279 11. Chapter Eleven. Conversion of Food Waste to Animal Feeds - p. 316 12. Chapter Twelve. Pyrolysis and Gasification of Food Waste - p. 325 13. Chapter Thirteen. Emerging Technologies for the Treatment of Food Waste - p. 356 14. Chapter Fourteen. Food Waste Policy - p. 377 15. Chapter Fifteen. Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Aspects of Food Waste - p. 393 16. Index - p. 419
