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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 690, Issue -, Pages 261-276Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.484
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Global food waste; Thermal conversion; Hydrothermal carbonisation; Hydrochar; Techno-economic assessment
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- University of Auckland
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Food waste constitutes a remarkable portion of municipal solid waste. About one-third of the global food waste produced is lost with the food supply chain. Food waste in many countries is still clumped of in landfill or incinerated simultaneously with other municipal wastes. Food waste requires proper management and recycling techniques in order to minimise its environmental burden and risk to human life. Despite considerable research on food waste conversion still, there is a shortage of comprehensive reviews of the published literature. In this review, we provide a mini global perspective of food waste with special emphasis on New Zealand and their conversion into the useful material through hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC). Other thermal technologies such as incineration and pyrolysis are also briefly discussed. The review discusses why HTC is more suitable thermal technology than others, which are currently available. Recognising the importance of techno-economic feasibility of HTC, we present a cost analysis on the production of value-added products via HTC with examples taken from the literature to gather information in the feasibility assessment process. Finally, key challenges and future directions for a better productive way of handling food waste are being suggested. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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