ABSTRACT
Green chemistry is an attitude that affords policy changes to improve chemical products and processes for the purpose of reducing the damage on human health as well as on the environment. Human activity, at all stages and levels, relies on the use of natural resources as feedstock for technology and development. The production of bioethanol from food waste biomass can take different forms and include different feedstocks. The "cascade" biorefinery approach has been applied to different types of food processing waste. With an increasing population, global food production will have to increase by at least 60% while natural resources will become even scarcer. Within the scope of food management and waste, mineral and land use are intrinsically important. The land used, not only in the growing of food crops, but also devoted to the processing and storage/treatment of the waste produced, influences the nexus as a whole.
