Thermophilic bacterial agent inoculation enhances biodrying of kitchen waste: Insights into process properties, organic degradation, bacterial communities and metabolic pathways.

The high moisture content of kitchen waste (KW) restricts the future treatment and resource utilization. Biodrying is an effective approach to remove the water of KW. However, conventional biodrying only uses the heat generated by the indigenous microorganisms to remove water, which has long treatment cycle and low moisture removal rate.