Platform chemical production from food wastes using a biorefinery concept

• Main Authors: Uçkun Kıran, Esra, Trzcinski, Antoine P., Liu, Yu
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103034; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38699
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), one-third of food produced globally for human consumption (nearly 1.3 billion tons) is lost along the food supply chain. Food waste has often been incinerated with other combustible municipal wastes for possible recovery of heat or other for...