Food Industry Wastes

PART I. Food Industry Wastes: Challenges and Prospects
1. Definitions, measurements and drivers of food loss and waste
2. Effectiveness and efficiency of food waste prevention policies, circular economy and food industry
3. Sources, characteristics and treatment of plant-based food wastes
4. Sources, characteristics, treatment, and analyses of animal-based food wastes

PART II. Treatment of Solid Food Waste
5. Food waste: a potential bioresource for extraction of nutraceuticals and bioactive compounds
6. Valorization of citrus wastes through sustainable extraction processes
7. Solid state fermentation of food industry wastes
8. Microbial production of butanol from food industry waste
9. Inventory of food processing side streams in EU and prospects for biorefinery development
10. Valorisation of rice straw for ethylene and jet fuel production: A techno-economic assessment

PART III. Enhanced Bioprocessing of Liquid Food Waste
11. Biopolymers produced from food wastes: a case study on biosynthesis of bacterial cellulose from fruit juices
12. Fermentation of fruit and vegetable wastes for biobased products
13. Biotechnological approach for valorization of whey for value added products

PART IV. Environmental Assessment and Rehabilitation of Wastewater
14. Accounting for the environmental impact of food wastes on water resources and climate change
15. Application of life cycle assessment to food industry wastes
16. Microbial electrochemical production of energy and value-added chemicals from agri-food wastewater

Part V. Stimulating Innovations and Drivers for Prevention of Food Wastes
17. The dry chain: Reducing postharvest losses and improving food safety in humid climates
18. Market-based tools for reduction of food waste in grocery retail
19. Mathematical modelling approach applied to food waste reduction at retailer and consumer levels in food supply chain
20. Sharing platform and innovative business models: enablers and barriers in the