Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2018, 8, 288-293 http://www.scirp.org/journal/gsc ISSN Online: 2160-696X ISSN Print: 2160-6951 Biochemical Methane Potential of Food Wastes from Akouedo Landfill, Côte d’Ivoire Kouadio Marc Cyril 1,2 , Kouakou Adjoumani Rodrigue 1* , Kra Essi 2 , Trokourey Albert 1 , Akichi Agboue 2 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 2 Laboratoire de mécanique et des sciences des matériaux, Institut National Polytechniques Felix Houphouët Boigny (INPHB), Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Abstract The determination of biochemical methane potential (BMP) is very impor- tant for the valorization of food wastes. This study is focused on the evalua- tion of the theoretical methane production from chemical oxygen demand (COD) of some food wastes, coming out Akouedo landfill. Almost all of the considered samples exhibited methane theoretical yields equal to about 402.5 - 507.8 mLCH 4 /gVS. These results indicate the suitability of all the studied food wastes from Akouedo landfill to be converted into energy. Keywords Biochemical Methane Potential, Food Wastes, Akouedo Landfill, Chemical Oxygen Demand 1. Introduction The food wastes include uneaten food and food preparation leftovers from resi- dences, commercial establishments such as restaurants, institutional sources like school cafeterias, and industrial sources like factory lunchrooms [1]. The food waste is, for the most part, disposed of in landfill [2]. In light of rapidly rising costs associated with energy supply and waste disposal and increasing public concerns with environmental quality degradation, conversion of food wastes to energy is becoming a more economically viable practice [3]. Methane potential also called biochemical methane potential (BMP) is a pa- rameter used in evaluating biogas and methane potential of organic materials [4]. The BMP is often defined as the maximum volume of CH 4 produced per g of VS substrate [4]. Several theoretical approaches are available to estimate BMP. How to cite this paper: Cyril, K.M., Ro- drigue, K.A., Essi, K., Albert, T. and Ag- boue, A. (2018) Biochemical Methane Po- tential of Food Wastes from Akouedo Landfill, Côte d’Ivoire. Green and Sustain- able Chemistry, 8, 288-293. https://doi.org/10.4236/gsc.2018.83019 Received: May 30, 2018 Accepted: August 21, 2018 Published: August 24, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access DOI: 10.4236/gsc.2018.83019 Aug. 24, 2018 288 Green and Sustainable Chemistry