Dear Colleagues,

A Special Issue on Green Food and Biowaste Valorization, in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, is being organized. For detailed information on the journal, please have a look at https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/ijerph.

According to a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the 2007 production volume of fruit and vegetables worldwide was 1650 million tons, of which approximately 12% (or 198 million tons) was wasted at the processing stage. Geographically, high percentages of fruit and vegetable manufacturing wastes (20–25%) were generated in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, West and Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America, while the percentages in Europe, North America and Oceania, and industrialized Asia were smaller (2%).

The losses in both industrialized countries and developing countries are high; however, in developing countries, more than 40% of the food losses occur at postharvest and processing stages, while in industrialized countries, more than 40% of the food losses occur at the retail and consumption stages.

The liquid waste streams are mainly the discharge of cleaning water and processing water, which have low-to-medium biological oxygen demand (BOD) values and can be treated by aerobic or anaerobic systems. On the other hand, the solid waste is highly polluted and more difficult to treat. Conventionally, these wastes are used as animal feeds or fertilizers. Although they are discarded from the process, as they cannot be further used, these solid wastes retain high concentrations of bioactive compounds.

In order to combat this problematic issue, several studies have been carried out in this area, ensuring the economic valorization of these products, and consequently, the development of the circular economy.

This Special Issue is open to articles on the subject of food and biowastes. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.

Dr. Eliana Pereira
Guest Editor

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• Green food
• Bioactivities
• Biowaste
• Innovative processes
• Nutritional value
• Chemical composition
• Polyphenols
• Food industry
• Green chemistry
• Circular economy
• Appreciation
• Food ingredients
• Health benefits
• Preservatives