Review Article

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

Table 5

Codigestion of food waste with other organic substrates.

Feedstock Action of codigestion Influencing factorRef.

FW + CMImprove methane yield and system stabilityHigh buffering capacity and trace elements supplement[29]
FW + livestock wasteImprove methane yield and VS reductionHigher buffering capacity[35]
FW + yard wasteImprove methane yieldLess VFA accumulation[36]
FW + dewatered sludgeEnhance system stabilityLess inhibition from Na+[28]
FW + sewage sludgeAfford high organic loading rateHigh buffering capacity from ammonia[37]
FW + green wasteImprove VS reductionC/N ratio[38]
FW + brown waterImprove methane yieldHigh buffering capacity[39]
FW + press waterImproved system stability and methane yieldHigh buffering capacity[40]
FW + distiller’s grainImproved biogas productionHigh buffering capacity from ammonia[41]