Trends in food waste valorization for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels: Case study South and Southeast Asia
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Staggering amounts of food waste are being generated in Asia by means of agricultural processing, food transportation and storage, and human food consumption activities. This along with the recent sustainable development goals of food security, environmental protection, and energy efficiency are the key drivers for food waste valorization. The aim of this review is to provide an insight on the latest trends in food waste valorization in Asian countries such as India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Landfilling, incineration, and composting are the first-generation food waste processing technologies. The advancement of valorisation alternatives to tackle the food waste issue is the focus of this review. Furthermore, a series of examples of key food waste valorization schemes in this Asian region as case studies to demonstrate the advancement in bioconversions in these countries are described. Finally, important legislation aspects for food waste disposal in these Asian countries are also reported.
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Due to their homogeneity, food waste has high potential for production of biofuels, platform chemicals and bio-based materials by applying the concept of biorefinery.
“Due to their homogeneity, food waste has high potential for the production of biofuels, platform chemicals and bio-based materials by applying the concept of biorefinery [4,5].”
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- Authors
- Ong, K. L., Kaur, G., Pensupa, N., Uisan, K., & Lin, C. S. K.
- Affiliations
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, Carol Sze Ki
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 248
- Issue
- Pt A
- Pages
- 100-112
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2625066337
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- zenodo.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- European Union for the Horizon 2020 research and development project (688338)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Keywords
- food waste valorization, biotransformation, landfilling, incineration, composting, food waste legislation, South and Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development Goals, food security
- MeSH terms
- Asia, Southeastern, Food, Humans, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Refuse Disposal, Singapore, Thailand
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