Table 3.

Production of PHAs from anaerobically digested food waste

Food waste source	Microorganisms	PHA polymer type	Cultivation	Maximum PHA Production Reported (g PHA g−1 dcw)	References
Whey	Wastewater microbes	PHBV	Flask, batch	NA	Valentino et al. (2015)
Whey	Pre‐selected mixed microbial culture	PHBV	Flask, batch	81%	Colombo et al. (2016)
Whey	Activated sludge consortium	PHBV	Three‐stage reactors system	65%	Duque et al. (2014)
Sugarcane molasses	Activated sludge consortium	PHBV	Three‐stage reactors system	56%	Duque et al. (2014)
Brewery wastewater	Activated sludge consortium	PHBV	SBR	39%	Ben et al. (2016)
Food processing wastewater effluent	Activated sludge consortium	PHB	Flask, batch	60.70%	Khardenavis et al. (2007)
Jowar grain‐based distillery spentwash	Activated sludge consortium	PHB	Flask, batch	42.30%	Khardenavis et al. (2007)
Rice grain‐based distillery spentwash	Activated sludge consortium	PHB	Flask, batch	40%	Khardenavis et al. (2007)
Condensate of food waste	Enriched activated sludge consortium	PHBV and mcl‐PHAs	VSMBR	1.8%	Chae and Shin (2007)
Olive oil mill pomace	Activated sludge consortia	PHBV	SBR	39%	Waller et al. (2012)
Olive oil mill wastewater	Wastewater microbes	PHBV	SBR	11.3%	Campanari et al. (2017)
Tomato wastewater	Activated sludge consortium	PHA	Fermenter, batch	20%	Liu et al. (2008)
Fermented food waste	Wastewater microbes	PHA	Fermenter, anaerobic/aerobic	51%	Rhu et al. (2003)
Fermented molasses	Mixed microbial culture	PHBV	Fermenter, pulse feed	56%	Albuquerque et al. (2011)
Fermented molasses	Mixed microbial culture	PHBV	Fermenter, batch	60.50%	Albuquerque et al. (2012)

VSMBR is a vertical submerged membrane bioreactor; SBR is stirred batch reactor.