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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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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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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Buying less and wasting less food. Changes in household food energy purchases, energy intakes and energy density between 2007 and 2012 with and without adjustment for food waste [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements Financial support: This work was supported by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division. RESAS had no role in the design, analysis or writing of this article.
Horgan, Graham W. +2 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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Aspects of sustainability and design engineering for the production of interconnected smart food packaging [PDF]
, 2019 In the present work, the problem of food wastage and the concept of sustainability are studied. An analysis of Life Cycle Assessment as a tool and of the innovative concept of Cradle to Cradle is also carried out, together with an exhaustive comparison
Aguayo-González, Francisco +4 more
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Restaurant food waste management strategy in Asia using the Restaurant Food Waste Map (RFWM) approach [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesBackground: Food waste is a global issue due to its serious environmental, economic, and social impacts. Objective: This research aimed to collect information regarding restaurant food waste management using the Restaurant Food Waste Map (RFWM) approach.
Fajriah Elsa +2 more
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