ABSTRACT
The transformation of biomass waste to energy (i.e., valorization) and valuable resources is growing due to the exhaustion of natural resources, rising greenhouse emissions, and future need for sustainable development. The notion of repurposing waste biomass has both environmental and economic benefits. First-generation valorization techniques aim to use entire material streams for the production of animal feed, energy, and compost, which are currently widely used to spread and improve them further. Different types of fractionated utilization of material streams are used in second-generation valorization strategies. There are developed systems for targeting food waste. These entail the use of computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) and technical coefficients to detect and quantify food waste flow at various scales. In addition, several bioinformatics tools for forecasting chemical toxicity and biodegradation have also been developed. Biomethanization is a novel green waste valorization method in which organic waste is biodegraded in an anaerobic environment by microbial variety. The current chapter discusses the bioinformatics tools that can be used in the field of biodegradation, as well as the in-silico strategies and tools required to enable food waste management to develop from a severely sub-optimal level to a system. The pre-and emerging-industrial generations will recognize the potential role of valorizations.
