Review Article

Food Waste to Energy: An Overview of Sustainable Approaches for Food Waste Management and Nutrient Recycling

Table 1

Composition of FW reported in various literatures.

Moisture Total solidVolatile solidTotal sugarStarchCelluloseLipidsProteinAshReferences

75.924.1NR42.329.3NRNR3.91.3[14]
80.319.795.459.8NR1.615.721.81.9[15]
82.817.289.162.746.12.318.115.6NR[16]
75.224.8NR50.246.1NR18.115.62.3[16]
85.714.398.242.328.3NRNR17.8NR[17]
82.817.285.062.746.12.318.115.6NR[18]
61.338.7NR69.0NRNR6.44.41.2[19]
81.718.387.535.5NRNR24.114.4NR[20]
81.518.594.155.024.016.914.016.95.9[21]
81.914.398.248.342.3NRNR17.8NR[22]