Abstract: Sustainability of food waste and construction materials is two of the most burning environmental issues of the twenty-first century. Food waste is produced worldwide and in 2019, about 1.3 billion tons of food wastes were produced in a span of one year, which is a third of the entire food produced to be consumed by humans (FAO, 2021). Improper disposal of this waste not only causes significant losses to the economy but also to the emission of green house gases (GHG). When food waste is deposited in landfills, it decomposes anaerobically and emits methane, gas that has global warming potential that is many times higher than that of carbon dioxide. Equally important in tandem to this challenge is the cement industry.
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