Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
This
study
investigates,
for
the
first
time,
anaerobic
digestion
of
food
waste
in
Kuwait
to
optimize
methane
production
through
a
combination
artificial
neural
network
(ANN)
modelling
and
continuous
reactor
experiments.
The
ANN
model,
utilizing
eight
hidden
neurons
70-20-10
split
training,
validation
testing
sets,
yielded
mean
squared
error
values
0.0056,
0.0048
0.0059
coefficient
determination
(
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14, P. 100206 - 100206
Published: June 27, 2024
The
United
Nation's
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDGs)
prioritize
halving
global
per
capita
food
waste
at
retail,
consumer,
production,
and
supply
chain
by
2030.
This
aligns
with
promoting
circular
economy
principles
for
enhanced
sustainability.
offers
a
transformative
approach
to
the
industry
environmental
health,
human
well-being,
economic
prosperity.
bibliometric
analysis
examines
how
can
drive
sustainability
in
businesses,
which
closely
aligning
SDGs
12.3
(food
reduction),
12.5
(waste
13.2
(climate
policy
integration),
13.3
adaptation).
Through
of
1000
relevant
articles
sourced
from
Web
Science
(spanning
2005
2023),
we
evaluated
progress,
challenges,
opportunities
this
field.
Utilizing
analytical
tools
such
as
Biblioshiny
(Bibliometrix)
package
R-Studio
VOSviewer,
researchers
identify
key
trends
research
hotspots
through
thematic
maps,
co-occurrence
networks,
co-citation
analysis,
keyword
collaboration
networks.
highlights
that
transform
implementing
sustainable
management
practices,
optimizing
chains
resource
utilization
minimize
impact.
Furthermore,
findings
indicate
adopting
significantly
reduce
enhance
efficiency
transforming
into
valuable
products
biogas
bio-based
materials.
study
provides
insights
researchers,
practitioners,
policymakers,
government
officials
improve
production
systems.
It
enhances
understanding
vital
area
guiding
future
endeavours
promote
strategies
more
efficient
industry.
