Quantifying Avoidable Food Waste and Identifying Its Underlying Causes: A Case Study of a University Dormitory in Thailand [PDF]
Applied Environmental Research, 2021 To develop well-planned and effective policies and programs for reducing avoidable food waste, it is important to quantify the actual food waste level in particular settings and assess relationships among consumers’ awareness, attitudes, and behaviors ...
Shimpei Iwasaki +2 more
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Avoidable Household Food Waste: Diagnosing the Links between Causes and Composition [PDF]
Recycling, 2021 Problems associated with the wastage of food intended for human consumption are well known and the discarding of edible but unconsumed food—avoidable food waste—is clearly undesirable.
Peter J. Shaw
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On the Prevention of Avoidable Food Waste from Domestic Households [PDF]
Recycling, 2018 Unconsumed food impacts on the environment via the wasteful use of resources in its production and via its disposal. Householders would ideally only generate food waste that is not considered edible (unavoidable food waste) and the disposal of edible ...
Peter J. Shaw +2 more
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The FOod Commodity composition for Waste qUantification and valorization opportunitieS (FOWCUS) Dataset [PDF]
Scientific DataThis study introduces FOWCUS, a novel dataset detailing the composition of about 280 food commodities, categorized into various groups including vegetables, fruits, nuts, eggs, livestock, seafood, cereals, sugar, vegetable oils, stimulants, pulses, and ...
Antoine Coudard +4 more
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Tailored Informational Interventions for Reducing Surplus and Waste of Fruits and Vegetables in a Food Market: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Foods, 2023 This pilot study explored the effectiveness of tailored informational interventions to reduce the surplus and waste of fruits and vegetables at the distribution level in Chile.
Carolina Fredes +4 more
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Avoidable food waste in the distribution sector: quantification and valorization
Journal of Agricultural EngineeringSignificant food waste occurs during distribution due to inefficiencies in handling, storage, and logistics. This research investigates food waste in the distribution sector, focusing on quantification and valorization, through three systematic ...
Arianna Cusmai +4 more
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Opportunities, challenges and trade-offs with decreasing avoidable food waste in the UK. [PDF]
Waste Manag Res, 2021 Patel S +3 more
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The Global Environmental Benefits of Halving Avoidable Consumer Food Waste. [PDF]
Environ Sci TechnolCoudard A +3 more
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Development of a food waste prevention strategy: a case study in a hotel in Eastern Morocco [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The present work concerns the development of a food waste prevention strategy in a restaurant operating within a hotel in the city of Saidia in Eastern Morocco.
Omari Abdelouadoud +7 more
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Needs to Change Behaviour in Households Producing Lots of Food Waste
International Journal of Food Studies, 2023 The purpose of this research was to investigate avoidable food waste among households of students studying in higher education in Sein¨ajoki. The focus was to quantify the avoidable food waste in different-sized households.
Margit Narva +2 more
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