Olive Mill Waste: Recent Advances for Sustainable Management addresses today's most relevant
topics in olive oil industry sustainable management. Emphasizing recent advisable practices
the book explores the potential of reutilizing OMW to power the mill itself the reuse of OMW
as soil amendment aerobic biological treatment of OMW and compost production the case study
of OMW within the biorefinery concept the recovery of bioactive compounds from OMW and their
applications in food products and cosmetics. Recent research efforts have concluded that the
successful management of OMW focuses on three main routes: (a) reuse of water (b) reuse of
polyphenols and (c) reuse of nutrients. Following this consideration the book covers
sustainable practices in the olive oil industry revealing opportunities for reutilizing the
water of OMW within the process or as s soil amendment. At the same time it explores all the
possibilities of recovering polyphenols and reutilizing them in target products such as foods
and cosmetics. In addition the book presents successful cases of industrial OMW valorization
through real world experiences.
