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Food Waste Management and Nutrient Recycling in a Sustainable Way—A Review

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Recent Advances in Recycling Engineering (AIR 2021)

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As the world's population continues to rise, food waste (FW) and accumulation are becoming a big concern all around the world. Food waste is growing at an exponential rate, posing serious threats to society in the form of health problems, pollution and a lack of disposal space. Adoption of appropriate steps to reduce the burden of food waste is critical. Typical management practises and diverse approaches to waste food processing and management are increasingly being investigated for social benefits and applications. Anaerobic digestion has proven to be a more environmentally friendly method of digestion. Ways to reduce food waste, increase energy output and increase nutrition production to help meet the world's growing energy need. This article has explored and investigated the numerous aspects of anaerobic biodegradation procedures for food. Waste, the effects of co-substrates, the effects of environmental variables, the contribution of microbial populations and numerous resources for food waste management research.

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  1. Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Health Science and Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India

    Paulami Ghosh & Shuchi Upadhyay

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    N. A. Siddiqui

  2. Department of Hydromelioration, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanisation Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    Akmalov Shamshodbek Baxtiyarovich

  3. School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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Ghosh, P., Upadhyay, S. (2023). Food Waste Management and Nutrient Recycling in a Sustainable Way—A Review. In: Siddiqui, N.A., Baxtiyarovich, A.S., Nandan, A., Mondal, P. (eds) Recent Advances in Recycling Engineering . AIR 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 275. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3931-0_12

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