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Food Waste Valorization
Emerging Trends, Techno-economic and Environmental Considerations
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2024
- Editors: Olalere Olusegun Abayomi, Gan Chee Yuen, Puranjan Mishra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 5 8 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 5 9 - 6
Food Waste Valorization: Emerging Trends, Techno-economic and Environmental Considerations covers bioactive extraction, therapeutic properties and environmental concerns related t… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFood Waste Valorization: Emerging Trends, Techno-economic and Environmental Considerations covers bioactive extraction, therapeutic properties and environmental concerns related to food waste conversion to value-added products, along with advanced technological breakthroughs in the field. The book also provides concepts and theories on several facets of agro-food waste valorization and its by-products, as well as opportunities and challenges. Each chapter contains viewpoints from different fields of research such as Basic Science, Agriculture, Food Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, and more, with each having a unique approach to food waste valorization as it relates to their field. This is an invaluable resource for research and development professionals in post-harvest processing and renewable energy industries, as well as the academicians.
- Identifies industries and products to make use of food waste
- Discusses technological and environmental impacts of food waste valorization
- Focuses on maximizing food waste utilization with minimum adverse impact
- Provides perspectives from food science, agriculture, engineering, and environmental science
Researchers and industrialists, particularly those who work in postharvest losses, agriculture technologists, research and development (R & D) in industries, as well as young professionals researching on sustainable food waste management. Funding agencies, research organizations, postharvest experts and engineers, especially R&D specialists interested in the optimal management and usage of food-based wastes and by-products. Furthermore, it is appropriate for faculty members and students, future researchers, and fellowships holders from higher education institutions who are interested in educational pursuits in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Technology, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Basic Sciences, and Business Management
SECTION 1: FOOD SUSTAINABILITY, WASTAGE, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
1. Overview of Food Wastes and its Valorizations
2. Food Wastes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
3. Food Waste Generation and Holistic Management in COVID-19 and Post-Covid Era
4. Socio-economic Concern, Environmental Impact Assessment and Feasibilities Study of Up-cycled Food Wastes
SECTION 2: FOOD WASTES VALORIZATION INTO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS
5. Food Waste to Energy: Techniques for Energy Recovery from Food Waste
6. Bioactive: Extractability of Value-added Nutraceuticals from Food Wastes
7. Soil Enrichment: Food Waste a Potential Boost for Improving Crop Productivity
8. Depolymerizing and Upgrading Food Waste Components into Platform Chemicals
9. Valorizations of Food Wastes in Infrastructural Development and Construction Industries
10. Valorization of Food-based wastes into Hydrophobic Bio-plastics
11. Sustainable Valorization of Food Wastes for Animal Feed Fortification
12. Approaches to Isolation and Characterization of Novel Microbes from Food Waste
13. Process Design, Modelling and Technology Integration for Maximizing Efficiency in Food Valorisations
SECTION 3: TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN FOOD WASTE VALORIZATION
14. Analysis of Laws, Policy and Regulatory Challenges Associated and Future Direction with Food Waste Valorisation
15. Business and Financial Models in Food Wastes Valorizations
16. Techno-economic and Life-Cycle Assessment of Food Wastes Valorization
- No. of pages: 360
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443159589
- eBook ISBN: 9780443159596
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Olalere Olusegun Abayomi
Dr. Olalere Olusegun Abayomi is an experienced researcher with demonstrated multidisciplinary expertise in Chemical Engineering Science, Food Biotechnology, Nutraceuticals Processing and Analytical Chemistry. He finished his PhD from the University Malaysia Pahang with a specialization in Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering. Before that he obtained his master’s degree in Industrial and Production Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr Olalere had his first degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. He has authored over 60 research articles in Scopus and Web of Science and has been cited more than 1000 times.
He currently works as a visiting researcher at the Innovation Incubator University (I2U), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He is an active reviewer for many journals, and is presently an Associate Editor at the Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products.
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Greenwich, Chartham Maritime, UKGY
Gan Chee Yuen
Assoc. Prof. Dr Gan Chee Yuen is an academic staff of the Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre (ABrC) in Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is also a deputy director for the department. His research is specializing in bioactive peptides/polysaccharides which are extracted from various agricultural sources using enzyme technology. He managed to publish almost a hundred journals and was actively involved as a reviewer (over 300 articles). His works have been cited more than 2500 times. In addition, he is also professionally recognized as a science consultant.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of the Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre (ABrC) in Universiti Sains Malaysia, University Innovation Incubator Building, Malaysia