The purpose of this study was to determine whether it was feasible to produce hydrogen by anaerobically digesting food waste. With the increase in the use of renewable energy sources, hydrogen came to be seen as a fuel that can replace petroleum products in the automotive sector. The biggest obstacle to the use of hydrogen as a fuel is its unavailability in nature and the need to find low-cost production methods. The transition from an economy based on fossil fuels to a hydrogen economy poses enormous technical challenges in terms of hydrogen production, storage and distribution. Anaerobic digestion (AD), which entails the degradation of organic matter by microbes in the absence of oxygen, is advised as a strategy to accomplish this.