FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES; FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; 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.