July 2014

Solid wastes in brewing process: A review

A large amount of agro-industrial waste is produced annually around the world from the beneficiated agricultural products or in food industrialization. The disposal of these residues in the environment results in a lot of inconvenience to the ecosystem, due to its significant nutritional value and high concentration of organic compounds that confers a high biochemical oxygen demand to the waste’s degradation. In...

Author(s): Thiago Rocha dos Santos Mathias, Pedro Paulo Moretzsohn de Mello and Eliana Flavia Camporese Sérvulo