Food waste recycling via fungal hydrolysis and lactic acid (LA) fermentation has been investigated. Hydrolysates derived from mixed food waste and bakery waste were rich in glucose (80.0– 100.2 g L1), fructose (7.6 g L1) and free amino nitrogen (947–1081 mg L1). In the fermentation with Lactobacillus casei Shirota, 94.0 g L1 and 82.6 g L1 of LA were produced with productivity of 2.61 g L1 h1 and 2.50 g L1 h1 for mixed food waste and bakery waste hydrolysate, respectively. The yield was 0.94 g g1 for both hydrolysates. Similar results were obtained using food waste powder hydrolysate, in which 90.1 g L1 of LA was produced with a yield and productivity of 0.92 g g1 and 2.50 g L1 h1. The results demonstrate the feasibility of an efficient bioconversion of food waste to LA and a decentralized approach of food waste recycling in urban area.