Current Status and Future Prospects of Small-Scale Household Biodigesters in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 5

Composition and properties of food waste [12, 28].

Commodity group	% of total postconsumer waste	%DM	Biogas yield (m^3 kg DM^-1)
Meat	10	17	1
Oil seeds and pulses	3	92	0.95
Roots and tubers	8	12	0.65
Cereals	28	88	0.65
Fruits and vegetables	48	13	0.4
Fish and seafood	2	—	—
Milk	1	8