Food waste: practices, management and challenges

Content: FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES
 FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES
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 CONTENTS
 PREFACE
 Chapter 1: FOOD WASTE: AN EXPRESSION OF THE EVOLUTION OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 WASTE AND DOMINANT POSITIONS IN THE AGRIFOOD SUPPLY CHAINS
 WASTE AND OTHER PARADOXES OF THE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS
 INITIATIVES AGAINST LOSSES AND WASTE
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
 Chapter 2: FOOD WASTES AS SOURCES OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS 
 ABSTRACT
 1. INTRODUCTION 2. RECOVERY OF ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS FROM FOOD WASTES2.1. Recovery of Antioxidants for Application as Functional Food Ingredients
 2.2. Recovery of Antioxidants for Application as Food Preservatives
 2.3. Recovery of Antioxidants for Applications Not Related to Food
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES
 Chapter 3: POTENTIAL OF SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS AS SOURCES OF DIETARY FIBER WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY 
 ABSTRACT
 1. INTRODUCTION
 2. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
 3. RECOVERY OF PHENOLICS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES Chapter 4: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF FOOD WASTES TO BIOENERGY BY ANAEROBIC PROCESSESABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 FOOD WASTES AS A SUBSTRATE IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS
 IDEAL PARAMETERS TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF FOOD WASTES
 Temperature
 Volatile Fatty Acids
 pH
 C/N Ratio
 Nutrients
 Reactors Configurations
 ENERGY POTENTIAL FROM FOOD WASTE ON ANAEROBIC PROCESSES
 Methane Production
 Hydrogen Production
 Others Bio-Products
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
 Chapter 5: ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: A PROMISING SOLUTION FOR FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN AREAS IN VIETNAM 
 ABSTRACT
 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Population Growth and Increased Urbanization in Vietnam1.2. QUANTITY AND COMPOSITION OF MSW IN VIETNAM
 1.3. CURRENT TREATMENT METHODS FOR SOLID WASTES IN URBAN AREAS IN VIETNAM AND THE PROBLEMS
 2. ANAEROBIC DIGESTION METHOD FOR MSW TREATMENT AND ENERGY RECYCLING
 2.1. Background of the Anaerobic Digestion Technology
 2.2. Development of Anaerobic Digestion Worldwide and in Vietnam
 2.3. Food Waste as a High Potential Energy Source for AD
 3. ESTIMATION OF ENERGY POTENTIAL FROM MSW STREAM IN URBAN AREAS IN VIETNAM
 3.1. Anaerobic Digestion Energy Balance Model 3.2. Scenarios, Results and Discussion3.2.1. Setting Scenarios
 3.2.2. Results and Discussion
 4. PROPOSAL OF MSW SEGREGATION, FLOW AND TREATMENT FOR URBAN AREAS IN VIETNAM INCLUDING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
 BIOGRAPHICAL SCETCH
 Chapter 6: MEASURING FOOD WASTE GENERATION FROM HOUSEHOLDS IN GREECE: BEHAVIOUS, ATTITUDES, AND POTENTIAL FOR PREVENTION 
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 Definitions
 Behaviours and Attitudes of Households towards Food Waste
 METHODOLOGY
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES