Integrated Waste Management Approaches for Food and Agricultural Byproducts

Food wastage has become a major problem with about one third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world. This volume embraces integrated management as a solution to food and agricultural wastage. It presents methods to lessen, reuse, recycle, and manage wastage by merging and employing a variety of suitable methods, equipment, and organizational plans. The volume begins with a global overview of the characterization of food and agricultural wastes. It then delves into using food processing applications that use byproducts as sources of valuable bioenergy and recoverable products. It explores methods for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste along with basic and modern environmental practices for food and agricultural waste management. Chapters discuss food waste management in conjunction with enhancing food security and sustainability and management strategies that offset the impact of food and agricultural wastes on the environment. Finally, the book looks at the challenges and opportunities that are associated with food and agricultural waste management across the globe. Looks at integrated management as a solution to food and agricultural wastage by employing methods, equipment, and organizational plans. It gives a global overview of food/agricultural wastes and discusses processing applications that convert byproducts to bioenergy. It considers waste management for food security and sustainability. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 About the Editors 6 Table of Contents 10 Contributors 12 Abbreviations 16 Foreword 20 Preface 22 1. Characterization of Food and Agricultural Wastes: Global Scenario of Waste Generation 24 2. Food Processing Byproducts: Their Applications as Sources of Valuable Bioenergy and Recoverable Products 48 3. Waste to Wealth: Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling of Food and Agricultural Waste 104 4. Basic and Modern Environmental Management Practices for Food and Agricultural Waste Management 136 5. Food Waste Management: Approaches to Achieve Food Security and Sustainability 164 6. Impact of Food and Agricultural Wastes on the Environment: Management Strategies and Regulations to Curb Wastes 188 7. Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Food and Agricultural Waste Management Across the Globe 224 Index 242 Food,Processing;,Food,Engineering;,Food,Product,Development Food Processing,Food Engineering,Food Product Development "Food wastage has become a major problem with about one-third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world. This volume embraces integrated management as a solution to food and agricultural wastage. It presents methods to lessen, reuse, recycle, and manage wastage by merging and employing a variety of suitable methods, equipment, and organizational plans. The volume begins with a global overview of the characterization of food and agricultural wastes. It then delves into using food processing applications that use byproducts as sources of valuable bioenergy and recoverable products. Chapter authors explore the various methods for reducing, reusing, and recycling of waste along with basic and modern environmental practices for food and agricultural waste management. Other chapters consider the issue of food waste management in conjunction with enhancing food security and sustainability and management strategies that offset the impact of food and agricultural wastes on the environment. Finally, the book looks at the challenges and opportunities that are associated with food and agricultural waste management across the globe. This valuable book, Integrated Waste Management Approaches for Food and Agricultural Byproducts, provides a host of innovative and integrated waste management techniques for researchers, scientists, policymakers, faculty and students, and others that address the vast problem of food and agricultural waste across the globe."-- Provided by publisher