Recycling of post-consumption food waste through pyrolysis: Feedstock characteristics, products analysis, reactor performance, and assessment of worldwide implementation potentials

•Pyrolysis of post-consumption food waste has been conducted in an auger reactor.•Pyrolysis yield was 37.2% bio-oil, 27.6% char, 21.0% gas, and 14.2% aqueous phase.•Bio-oil has low water content, is nearly alkaline, and has HHV = 28.2 MJ kg−1.•Bio-oil consisted of fatty acids commonly found in dairy, meat, and vegetable oils.•Food wase pyrolysis is predicted to contribute 30% to the world’s renewables by 2026.