• Swetha Rachel Deshbandhu

Nearly 1.3 billion tonnes of the food produced in the world for human consumption is wasted every year. The food with the highest wastage rates are fruits and vegetables including roots and tubers, constituting about 40-50% of global quantitative food loss and wastage. Eighteen percent of India’s fruit and vegetable production is wasted annually. The utilisation of waste for the generation of different bioactive compounds is a significant advance towards economical growth. Fruit residues are rich in carbohydrates, crude proteins and reducing sugars and therefore can serve as a potential feedstock for ethanol production. The principle fuel used as a petrol substitute for road transport vehicles is bioethanol. Bioethanol fuel is mainly produced by the sugar fermentation process. Fruit wastes are capable of providing sugar for the process of fermentation and hence can be economically exploited for bioethanol production. This study highlights the problems of food wastage across India and attempts to promote the idea of turning food wastage into the environment-friendly renewable energy source, bioethanol. This research has undertaken the study the various fruit wastes across India to obtain a comprehensive picture of the finest source of bioethanol production using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

fruit wastes, bioethanol, production, fuel, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

"Study of Fruit Wastes used in the Production of Biofuel", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.949-956, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908609.pdf

"Study of Fruit Wastes used in the Production of Biofuel", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp949-956, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908609.pdf