Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy
The growing population and healthy food demands have led to a rise in food waste generation, causing severe environmental and economic impacts. However, food waste (FW) can be converted into sustainable animal feed, reducing waste disposal and providing an alternative protein source for animals. The...
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| author | Pinku Chandra Nath Amiya Ojha Shubhankar Debnath Minaxi Sharma Prakash Kumar Nayak Kandi Sridhar Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj |
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| description | The growing population and healthy food demands have led to a rise in food waste generation, causing severe environmental and economic impacts. However, food waste (FW) can be converted into sustainable animal feed, reducing waste disposal and providing an alternative protein source for animals. The utilization of FW as animal feed presents a solution that not only tackles challenges pertaining to FW management and food security but also lessens the demand for the development of traditional feed, which is an endeavour that is both resource and environmentally intensive in nature. Moreover, this approach can also contribute to the circular economy by creating a closed-loop system that reduces the use of natural resources and minimizes environmental pollution. Therefore, this review discusses the characteristics and types of FW, as well as advanced treatment methods that can be used to recycle FW into high-quality animal feed and its limitations, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of using FW as animal feed. Finally, the review concludes that utilization of FW as animal feed can provide a sustainable solution for FW management, food security, preserving resources, reducing environmental impacts, and contributing to the circular bioeconomy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-992b51a081e349fdaf43a90b725b18032023-11-17T18:00:49ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152023-04-01138136610.3390/ani13081366Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular BioeconomyPinku Chandra Nath0Amiya Ojha1Shubhankar Debnath2Minaxi Sharma3Prakash Kumar Nayak4Kandi Sridhar5Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj6 Department of Bio Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Jirania 799046, India Department of Bio Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Jirania 799046, India Department of Bio Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Jirania 799046, India Department of Applied Biology, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, Baridua 793101, India Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Kokrajhar 783370, India Department of Food Technology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to Be University), Coimbatore 641021, India Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, TaiwanThe growing population and healthy food demands have led to a rise in food waste generation, causing severe environmental and economic impacts. However, food waste (FW) can be converted into sustainable animal feed, reducing waste disposal and providing an alternative protein source for animals. The utilization of FW as animal feed presents a solution that not only tackles challenges pertaining to FW management and food security but also lessens the demand for the development of traditional feed, which is an endeavour that is both resource and environmentally intensive in nature. Moreover, this approach can also contribute to the circular economy by creating a closed-loop system that reduces the use of natural resources and minimizes environmental pollution. Therefore, this review discusses the characteristics and types of FW, as well as advanced treatment methods that can be used to recycle FW into high-quality animal feed and its limitations, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of using FW as animal feed. Finally, the review concludes that utilization of FW as animal feed can provide a sustainable solution for FW management, food security, preserving resources, reducing environmental impacts, and contributing to the circular bioeconomy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/8/1366food waste (FW)animal feedrecyclingwaste managementtreatment technology |
| spellingShingle | Pinku Chandra Nath Amiya Ojha Shubhankar Debnath Minaxi Sharma Prakash Kumar Nayak Kandi Sridhar Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy Animals food waste (FW) animal feed recycling waste management treatment technology |
| title | Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy |
| title_full | Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy |
| title_fullStr | Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy |
| title_short | Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy |
| title_sort | valorization of food waste as animal feed a step towards sustainable food waste management and circular bioeconomy |
| topic | food waste (FW) animal feed recycling waste management treatment technology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/8/1366 |
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