TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sotiropoulos, Aggelos
AU2 - Bava, Nikoletta
AU3 - Valta, Katerina
AU4 - Vakalis, Stergios
AU5 - Panaretou, Vasiliki
AU6 - Novacovic, Jelica
AU7 - Malamis, Dimitris
AU8 - 
AB -  The results of the examination of the physicochemical characteristics of domestic food waste (DFW) pretreated with the domestic food waste drying method are presented within this research. Domestic waste drying is considered to be an innovative approach which involves the source separation and dehydration of household food waste in order to reduce its mass and volume at source through the efficient removal of its moisture content. An innovative waste drying unit was developed from scratch in order to perform this research. The use of the system revealed that the average mass reduction of food waste reached 78.52%w/w. The average decrease of its volume was recorded equal to 58.77%. The method of domestic waste drying was found to be an attractive pretreatment method and could be used as an inextricable part of a waste management strategy for bioethanol production as its use preserves the carbohydrate content of DFW. Keywords: air drying; biowaste treatment; food waste drying; domestic waste management; waste treatment; waste to energy. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Sotiropoulos, A., Bava, N., Valta, K., Vakalis, S., Panaretou, V., Novacovic, J. and Malamis, D. (2016) ` for food waste minimisation', Int. J. Environment and Waste 
TI - Household food waste dehydration technique as a pretreatment method for food waste minimisation
JF - International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
DO - 10.1504/IJEWM.2016.078598
DA - 2016-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/inderscience-publishers/household-food-waste-dehydration-technique-as-a-pretreatment-method-eA0KHTLPZp
SP - 273
EP - 286
VL - 17
IS - 3-4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -