A holistic approach for food waste management towards zero-solid disposal and energy/resource recovery

• Main Authors: Ma, Yingqun, Yin, Yao, Liu, Yu
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Food waste; Fungal mash
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84991; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42072
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study developed a holistic approach which was based on the ultra-fast hydrolysis of food waste with the fungal mash rich in various hydrolytic enzymes produced in situ from food waste as well. After the 8-h hydrolytic treatment, the solid residue and liquor were separated. It was found that the...