Changes in global trends in food waste composting: Research challenges and opportunities

Increasing food waste (FW) generation has put significant pressure on the environment and has increased the global financial costs of its appropriate management. Among the traditional organic waste recycling technologies (i.e., incineration, landfilling and anaerobic digestion), composting is an eco...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2020-03, Vol.299, p.122555-122555
Main Authors: Awasthi, Sanjeev Kumar, Sarsaiya, Surendra, Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar, Liu, Tao, Zhao, Junchao, Kumar, Sunil, Zhang, Zengqiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Composting
Food
Incineration
Recycling
Refuse Disposal
Soil
Waste Management
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Summary:Increasing food waste (FW) generation has put significant pressure on the environment and has increased the global financial costs of its appropriate management. Among the traditional organic waste recycling technologies (i.e., incineration, landfilling and anaerobic digestion), composting is an economically feasible and reliable technology for FW recycling regardless of its technical flaws and social issues. The global scenario of FW generation, technical advancement in FW composting and essential nutrient recovery from organic waste with waste recycling are discussed in this article. Recent research on various strategies to improve FW composting, including co-composting, the addition of organic/inorganic additives, the mitigation of gaseous emission, and microbiological variations are comprehensively explained. Subsequently, it is shown that the performing FW composting in an existing mechanical facility can improve organic waste degradation and produce value-added mature compost to save on costs and increase the technological feasibility and viability of FW composting to some extent.
ISSN:1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122555