Production of bioethanol from food waste: Status and perspectives

Singh, AnusuiyaNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (author)

There is an immediate global requirement for an ingenious strategy for food waste conversion to biofuels in order to replace fossil fuels with renewable resources. Food waste conversion to bioethanol could lead to a sustainable process having the dual advantage of resolving the issue of food waste disposal as well as meeting the energy requirements of the increasing population. Food waste is increasing at the rate of 1.3 billion tonnes per year, considered to be one-third of global food production. According to LCA studies discarding these wastes is detritus to the environment, therefore; it is beneficial to convert the food waste into bioethanol. The CO2 emission in this process offers zero impact on the environment as it is biogenic. Among several pretreatment strategies, hydrothermal pretreatment could be a better approach for pretreating food waste because it solubilizes organic solids, resulting in an increased recovery of fermentable sugars to produce bioenergy.

Singhania, Reeta RaniNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226 029, India (author)
Soam, Shveta,1987-Högskolan i Gävle,Miljövetenskap(Swepub:hig)shasom (author)
Chen, Chiu-WenNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (author)
Haldar, DibyajyotiKarunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India (author)
Varjani, SunitaGujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382010, India (author)
Chang, Jo-ShuTunghai University, Taiwan; National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (author)
Dong, Cheng-DiNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (author)
Patel, Anil KumarNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226 029, India (author)
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, TaiwanNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226 029, India (creator_code:org_t)

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