Pankaj Chowdhary, Abhay Raj
English | 2024 | PDF | 343 Pages
ISBNs: B0CN77Z84J, 183916803X, 1837670102, 9781839168031, 9781837670109, 9781837670093, 978-1839168031, 978-1837670109, 978-1837670093, 978-1-83916-803-1, 978-1-83767-009-3, 978-1-83767-010-9
The agri-food industry creates a vast amount of waste each year.
This is not just a problem for waste management, in terms of finding
space to store waste and preventing escape of harmful waste into the
environment; it also represents a loss of resources: the chemicals and
energy which have gone into the production of this waste. If current
waste streams can be converted into useful resources this will have
multiple benefits by reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill or
similar, reducing the need for other feedstocks and removing the
pressure from feedstocks that could be used as food.
Research
into the different types of waste produced by the agri-food industry
and approaches to converting them into useful chemicals or chemical
feedstocks has advanced rapidly over the last few years. Covering the
latest developments in the valorisation of food and agricultural waste,
such as valorisation of citrus peel and industrial wastes, this book
is a great resource for researchers interested in waste management,
sustainability and the circular economy.