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Food waste and food processing waste for biohydrogen production: a review [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013 Food waste and food processing wastes which are abundant in nature and rich in carbon content can be attractive renewable substrates for sustainable biohydrogen production due to wide economic prospects in industries.
Abdul Rahman, Nor'aini +3 more
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Wasted Food, Wasted Energy: The Embedded Energy in Food Waste in the United States [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2010 This work estimates the energy embedded in wasted food annually in the United States. We calculated the energy intensity of food production from agriculture, transportation, processing, food sales, storage, and preparation for 2007 as 8080 +/- 760 trillion BTU. In 1995 approximately 27% of edible food was wasted.
Amanda Cuéllar, Michael E. Webber
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Water Environment Research, 2001 Literature published in 2012 and early 2013 related to food processing wastes treatment for industrial applications is reviewed. This review is a subsection of the Treatment Systems section of the annual Water Environment Federation literature review and covers the following food processing industries and applications: general, meat and poultry, fruits
G. Edward Valentine +4 more
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The food waste hierarchy as a framework for the management of food surplus and food waste [PDF]
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014 The unprecedented scale of food waste in global food supply chains is attracting increasing attention due to its environmental, social and economic impacts. Drawing on interviews with food waste specialists, this study construes the boundaries between food surplus and food waste, avoidable and unavoidable food waste, and between waste prevention and ...
Papargyropoulou, Effie +4 more
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Critical Factors and Emerging Opportunities in Food Waste Utilization and Treatment Technologies
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Globally, approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or discarded, comprising 1. 3 billion tons annually. Factors contributing to food waste from the food manufacturer to the consumer level are numerous. Events that may result
Sarah L. Jones +2 more
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Food Waste Behaviour and Awareness of Malaysian
Scientifica, 2022 Food waste is a vast issue global, including in Malaysia. Food waste brings negative impacts, including increasing food production costs, impact on human health, and environmental degradation. Malaysian’s animal- and plant-based diet preferences affected
Chooi Lin Phooi +4 more
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Avoidable Household Food Waste: Diagnosing the Links between Causes and Composition
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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A conceptual and empirical framework to analyze the economics of consumer food waste [PDF]
, 2019 We develop a microeconomic model to understand food waste of consumers. We capture at-home and away-from home food consumption and distinguish between food purchases and food consumption.
de Gorter, H., Drabik, D., Reynolds, C.
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The impact of food preservation on food waste [PDF]
British Food Journal, 2017 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between food preservation and reducing consumer waste is of value in developing sustainable meal options. The research reports insights into Austrian marketplace for frozen and fresh foods that have been obtained from a consumer survey.
Wayne Martindale, Walter Schiebel
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