CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
A detailed characterisation of household food waste and the implications of sorting behaviour on potentials for anaerobic digestion and nutrient recovery
(Corresponding) Walk S., Hausbeck G., Körner I.
Topic:
Food waste
This study investigates household food waste (HH FW) generation in two socio-economically different areas in Lübeck, Germany. The applied waste characterisation protocol provided a detailed insight into the generation and separation behavior of FW collected in the municipal collection system. In...Read more
Strategies for the improvement of VFAs recovery in the nanofiltration process within the circular economy framework
Pervez M., Uwineza C., Sapmaz T., Mahboubi A., Hasan ., Cai Y., Zarra T., Belgiorno V., Taherzadeh ., (Corresponding) Naddeo V.
Topic:
Food waste
Over the past decades, the anaerobic digestion (AD) process has been employed as a potential medium to produce valuable resources from the waste-based feedstock. Moreover, the use of AD technology can generate not only resources, but it also creates an avenue for useful chemicals recovery to...Read more
An overview of pressure-driven membrane technologies for a sustainable recovery of volatile fatty acids (VFAs)
Pervez M., Mahboubi A., Hasan S., Cai Y., Zarra T., Belgiorno V., Taherzadeh M., (Corresponding) Naddeo V.
Topic:
Food waste
Currently, petroleum-based volatile fatty acids (VFAs) sources are not acceptable towards sustainable development goals (SDG); therefore, biobased-derived VFAs are of interest. Anaerobic digestion has been identified as a useful technology for the production of biobased VFAs from organic waste...Read more
Can the seasonal variability affect the BMP of fruit and vegetable waste?
(Corresponding) Scotto di Perta E., Lamboglia R., Cesaro A., Frunzo L., Esposito G., Papirio S.
Topic:
Food waste
Fruit and vegetable waste (FVW), largely produced in open markets, is characterized by highly putrescible materials, thus being a proper substrate for anaerobic digestion. This study investigated the effect of the seasonal variation of FVW, on the biochemical methane potential (BMP). To this end,...Read more
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion, open market waste, methane, energy recovery
Seasonal variation of the biochemical methane potential of fruit and vegetable wastes produced in the Mediterranean area
Kalogiannis A., Vasiliadou I., (Corresponding) Stamatelatou K.
Topic:
Food waste
Fruit and vegetable wastes produced massively in open markets are a suitable feedstock for biogas production and digestate of high fertilizing value. A first step of designing anaerobic digestion systems for treating these wastes efficiently is to study the impact of the seasonal variation on the...Read more
Keywords:
biogas, fruit and vegetable wastes, Mediterranean, open markets
Identification and Assessment of Food Waste Prevention Practices Throughout The Food Supply Chain
Chroni C., Synani K., (Corresponding) Abeliotis K., Homatidis D., Gaitanarou Z., Korizi K., Lasaridi K.
Topic:
Food waste
Food waste generation is an issue that poses grave environmental, social and economic repercussions for the entire European Union (EU). According to the findings of the UNEP Food Waste Index Report (2020), approximately 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated in 2019. To tackle this issue,...Read more
