How neighbourhood food environments and a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) waste program impact household foodwaste disposal in the city of Toronto [PDF]
, 2020 Household food waste has negative, and largely unnecessary, environmental, social and economic impacts. A better understanding of current household food waste disposal is needed to help develop and implement effective interventions to reduce food wasting.
Gilliland, Jason +3 more
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Association between diet quality and food waste in Canadian families: a cross-sectional study
Nutrition Journal, 2020 Background Higher diet quality has been associated with greater amounts of food waste among adults in the United States. This study aims to build on previous work by examining the association between diet quality and food waste, as assessed using ...
Nicholas Carroll +8 more
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Valorization of Food Loss and Wastes: Feedstocks for Biofuels and Valuable Chemicals
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 Reduction in the amount of food loss and waste requires appropriate quantification method of the amount of food loss annually on the one hand and devising alternative use for foods that would otherwise end up as loss or waste.
Shehu Isah, Gulnihal Ozbay
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Energy embodied in household cookery: the missing part of a sustainable food system? Part 2: A life cycle assessment of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding [PDF]
, 2017 This paper firstly reviews the current state of knowledge on sustainable cookery and the environmental impacts of the food consumption phase. It then uses the example of a dish of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding to explore energy use in food production ...
Aertsens +8 more
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Foods, 2023 Due to environmental and human factors, there is a growing amount of agri-food waste worldwide. The European Commission is incentivizing a zero-waste policy by 2025, pushing to find a “second life” for at least the avoidable ones.
Filippo Bertocci, Giuseppe Mannino
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Model selection and averaging in the assessment of the drivers of household food waste to reduce the probability of false positives. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Food waste from households contributes the greatest proportion to total food waste in developed countries. Therefore, food waste reduction requires an understanding of the socio-economic (contextual and behavioural) factors that lead to its generation ...
Matthew James Grainger +7 more
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Strengthening Canada’s Food System by Reducing Food Waste
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2021 Canada’s food system has evolved under pressure to constantly produce more and do so more efficiently. However, the drive for increased productivity has also led to rising levels of food loss and waste.
Kerri Holland
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Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainability [PDF]
, 2010 Background The adverse health and environmental effects of poor housing quality are well established. A central requirement for evidence-based policies and programmes to improve housing standards is a valid, reliable and practical way of measuring ...
Baker, Michael G. +4 more
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The nitrogen footprint of Swedish food consumption
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Food systems are major drivers of environmental and health impacts. While the emissions and other pressures causing these impacts mainly occur in primary agricultural production, the deeper causes and much of the mitigation potential are distributed ...
Rasmus Einarsson +3 more
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Waste of Fresh Fruits in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Challenges for Retailers and Impacts on Consumer Health
Agriculture, 2021 Post-harvest losses contribute significantly to food insecurity and affect the nutritional status and health of populations. This study estimates the waste of fresh fruits in the post-harvest chain and identifies avoidable causes along the food supply ...
A.G. Kamda Silapeux +3 more
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