Biotransformation of Food Waste into Bioenergy
Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editor: Muhammad Bilal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 6 0 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 6 0 1 - 9
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Biotransformation of Food Waste into Bioenergy: Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications is a comprehensive resource that addresses the critical need for sustainable and environmentally responsible processing of food industry wastes into advanced biofuels and bioenergy. The book presents state-of-the-art approaches for sustainable processing of food industry wastes into advanced biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts, addressing food waste sources, generation, and characterization, advanced bioconversion technologies, and environmental and economic implications. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, Fundamentals, covers the rising global concern of food waste, its sources, generation, and characterization, as well as methods for measuring, classifying, and disposing of food wastes. It also discusses upcycling food waste to support sustainability, advances in pretreatment methods, and current practices and emerging technologies in managing and repurposing food waste. Part II, Food Waste to Biofuels and Bioenergy, delves into biotechnological pathways for converting food waste into bioproducts, including biohythane, biogas, biohydrogen, bioethanol, biobutanol, aviation fuel, and biodiesel. It also covers microbial and enzymatic engineering, thermochemical conversion, valorization of food wastewater, biorefinery concepts, and biocatalytic-powered valorization. Part III, Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives, addresses the potential, feasibilities, and restrictions of food waste valorization through fermentation processes, environmental impacts and life cycle assessment of food waste management technologies, technical challenges, policy frameworks, and future perspectives. It also explores bioreactor-assisted valorization, advanced modeling approaches, intelligent assessment and management of food waste, and new trends in food waste valorizations through case studies. Biotransformation of Food Waste into Bioenergy: Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications is a valuable reference for scientists, engineers, researchers and practitioners involved in the broad field of transforming biomass food waste into bioenergy and bioproducts, and will also be of interest to graduate and post-graduate students.
- Presents life cycle assessments and economic evaluations to assess the sustainability and financial viability of converting food waste into biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts
- Covers pretreatment methods and biogas purification techniques, including biological processes, membrane technology, and co-fermentation strategies, highlighting their efficiency and effectiveness in enhancing biofuel quality
- Examines how the sustainable conversion of food waste supports the circular economy by integrating advanced production methods, resource optimization, and waste valorization, contributing to environmental sustainability
- Provides real-world case studies from different regions showcasing successful food waste management projects, providing practical insights and lessons learned for effective implementation and scaling of food waste-to-biofuel technologies
Students, researchers, scientists, and engineers working on or involved in the bioconversion of food waste to energy, and more broadly to anyone involved in Waste to Energy
Part I - Fundamentals
1. Food Waste: A Rising Global Concern with Severe Environmental Consequences
2. Sources, Generation, and Characterization of Food Waste
3. Measure, Classification, and Disposal Methods of Food Wastes
4. Upcycling Food Waste: Supporting the Three Pillars of Sustainability
5. Advances in Pretreatment Methods for the Upcycling of Food Waste
6. Current Practices, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation in Managing and Repurposing Food Waste
Part II - Food Waste to Biofuels and Bioenergy
7. Biotechnological Pathways for Converting Food Waste into Bioproducts
8. Biohythane, Biogas, and Biohydrogen Production from Food Waste
9. Effective Utilization of Food Waste for Bioethanol and Biobutanol Production
10. Bioconversion of Food Waste into Aviation Fuel and Biodiesel
11. Microbial and Enzymatic Engineering for Enhanced Food Waste Conversion into Biofuels
12. Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste to Biofuels (Pyrolysis, Gasification)
13. Valorization of Food Wastewater to Resource Recovery
14. Biorefinery Concepts for Integrated Food Waste Bioconversion
15. Biocatalytic-Powered (Free and Immobilized) Valorization for Food Waste Biotransformation into High-Value Biofuels
Part III - Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives
16. Potential, Feasibilities, and Restrictions of Food Waste Valorization through Fermentation Processes
17. Environmental Impacts and Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Management Technologies
18. Technical Challenges, Policy Frameworks, Current and Future Perspectives for Food Waste Valorization
19. Bioreactor-Assisted Valorization, Scaling Up and Economic Assessment of Food Waste Processing
20. Advanced Modelling Approaches to Food Waste
21. Intelligent Approaches for Assessment and Management of Food Waste
22. New Trends in Food Waste Valorization (Case Studies)
1. Food Waste: A Rising Global Concern with Severe Environmental Consequences
2. Sources, Generation, and Characterization of Food Waste
3. Measure, Classification, and Disposal Methods of Food Wastes
4. Upcycling Food Waste: Supporting the Three Pillars of Sustainability
5. Advances in Pretreatment Methods for the Upcycling of Food Waste
6. Current Practices, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation in Managing and Repurposing Food Waste
Part II - Food Waste to Biofuels and Bioenergy
7. Biotechnological Pathways for Converting Food Waste into Bioproducts
8. Biohythane, Biogas, and Biohydrogen Production from Food Waste
9. Effective Utilization of Food Waste for Bioethanol and Biobutanol Production
10. Bioconversion of Food Waste into Aviation Fuel and Biodiesel
11. Microbial and Enzymatic Engineering for Enhanced Food Waste Conversion into Biofuels
12. Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste to Biofuels (Pyrolysis, Gasification)
13. Valorization of Food Wastewater to Resource Recovery
14. Biorefinery Concepts for Integrated Food Waste Bioconversion
15. Biocatalytic-Powered (Free and Immobilized) Valorization for Food Waste Biotransformation into High-Value Biofuels
Part III - Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives
16. Potential, Feasibilities, and Restrictions of Food Waste Valorization through Fermentation Processes
17. Environmental Impacts and Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Management Technologies
18. Technical Challenges, Policy Frameworks, Current and Future Perspectives for Food Waste Valorization
19. Bioreactor-Assisted Valorization, Scaling Up and Economic Assessment of Food Waste Processing
20. Advanced Modelling Approaches to Food Waste
21. Intelligent Approaches for Assessment and Management of Food Waste
22. New Trends in Food Waste Valorization (Case Studies)
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2026
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Muhammad Bilal
Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland