Production of bioethanol from food waste: Status and perspectives

A Singh, RR Singhania, S Soam, CW Chen… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an immediate global requirement for an ingenious strategy for food waste
conversion to biofuels in order to replace fossil fuels with renewable resources. Food waste …

Thematic exploration of sectoral and cross-cutting challenges to circular economy implementation

S Singh, C Babbitt, G Gaustad, MJ Eckelman… - Clean technologies and …, 2021 - Springer
Circular economy (CE) offers a pathway towards sustainable, closed-loop resource systems,
but widespread adoption across industrial sectors is limited by fragmented knowledge and …

Behavioral impacts on residential food provisioning, use, and waste during the COVID-19 pandemic

CW Babbitt, GA Babbitt, JM Oehman - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions to food systems, leading to
both food shortages and food waste across the supply chain. These disruptions have, in …

The role of US policy in advancing circular economy solutions for wasted food

EG Ryen, CW Babbitt - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Food waste is a growing global sustainability challenge. The United States plays a major
role in food waste generation and yet has seen limited progress toward significantly …

Valorization of wastes from the food production industry: a review towards an integrated agri-food processing biorefinery

J Paini, V Benedetti, SS Ail, MJ Castaldi… - Waste and Biomass …, 2022 - Springer
The agri-food sector creates a significant waste stream, mainly due to inefficiencies arising
from damage and loss of product throughout the supply chain. Therefore, a thorough …

Transforming wasted food will require systemic and sustainable infrastructure innovations

CW Babbitt, RA Neff, BE Roe, S Siddiqui… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, 40% of food produced in the US is never eaten, leading to lost resources,
economic costs, decreased food security, and the wasted food itself, which has immense …

Life cycle analysis of the bioethanol production from food waste—a review

A Konti, D Kekos, D Mamma - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Food Waste (FW) because of its composition is considered as an ideal feedstock for the
production of biofuels and in particular bioethanol. The production of bioethanol from …

Circular Economy Research: From Theory to Practice

EG Ryen, CW Babbitt, K Kooduvalli - Towards a Circular Economy …, 2022 - Springer
Circular economy offers a compelling alternative to linear consumption and production
practices that waste monetary and physical resources. However, the inconsistent …