Food Waste Valorisation—a Developing Industry
A special issue of Recycling (ISSN 2313-4321).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 12118
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food waste; waste management; waste valorisation; life-cycle assessment; sustainability
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Dear Colleagues,
The utilization of wastes from the food industry has been explored for a number of years. A number of options have been proposed to extract useful compounds or valorize materials that have typically been sent to landfill or animal feeding. An interesting option is the development of biorefineries, which use all food by-products in industrial applications or to produce valuable products. However, scaling up such options has proven challenging, mostly due to economic considerations. This Special Issue aims to explore sustainable methods for food waste valorization. Studies that consider challenges and opportunities of their industrial implementation are encouraged. As such, the environmental, economic and social implications of these options are considerations of special importance. Methods for food waste valorization through upcycling to value-added products or applications, as well as composting, waste-to-energy conversion (e.g. anaerobic digestion, fermentation, transesterification, gasification, pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction) are included in the scope. The study of system-wide implications in the supply chain is especially encouraged. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and review articles, as well as theoretical and experimental research articles.
Dr. Guillermo Garcia-Garcia
Dr. Carlos Parra-López
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food waste
- food by-products
- food reuse
- food waste valorization
- biorefineries
- circular economy
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