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Waste Management and the Food Industry gives an introduction to the food industry and explains it as a growing sector. It talks about the waste generation in food industries and the sustainability that can be achieved in such industries. It also talks about the technology used in the utilization and treatment of food and the optimization of manufacturing to bring reduction in waste generation in the food processing. Also discussed in the book is the consumer interest in waste management and co-product recovery, the environmental impact of waste generation in food industries, the issues and challenges in food waste separation and the trends and future of the food industry.

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Dr. Akansha Singh, is presently working as Associate Professor & Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Parul University, India. She graduated from the Banaras Hindu University, with doctorate in Genetics and Plant breeding in the year 2012. She has also worked as Research Scientist in Bioved Research Society, Allahabad, India. She was working as Postdoctoral fellow in University of Mumbai before joining her current position. She has authored a number of national and international publications.

Dr S. K. Singh is Ph.D. in Agriculture with special reference to development of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Soybean crop (Glycine max.) (2012) under the guidance of the renowned plant scientist, Prof. Dr. A. Vaishampayan.. He has 07 years of research experience in the field of Crop Improvement with special reference to Conventional Plant Breeding, Biodiversity of plant and their natural resources, varietal development of soybean and tea plants. Has long term experience in field oriented plant breeding, with special emphasis on tea varietal development program.