New approach of characterizing fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) to ascertain its biological stabilization via two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD)

Assessing some of the very basic physical and chemical properties, such as moisture content, specific gravity, fixed solids, volatile solids, pH, VFA/Alkalinity, hydrolyzable solid matter, orthophosphate concentration, sulfate concentration, and inorganic nitrogen concentration, of fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) is fundamental towards its efficient management. The present study establishes a cost-effective measurement technique/protocol to...