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Installment 2 of "Creating a Sustainable Food Future": Reducing Food Loss and Waste [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Approximately one out of every four calories grown to feed people is not ultimately consumed by humans. Food is lost and wasted to a varying extent across the globe, across all stages of the food value chain, and across all types of food.
Brian Lipinski   +5 more
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Understanding bio‐based polymers: A study of origins, properties, biodegradation and their impact on health and the environment

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemically and biologically activated biochars as potential inoculant carriers, biofertilizers or plant disease suppressors

open access: yesChemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Background The interaction of biochar with beneficial microorganisms and its role as a plant disease suppressor has garnered significant research interest, yet these roles in activated or oxidized biochars remain insufficiently explored.
Raúl Castejón-del Pino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prevention of Avoidable Food Waste from Domestic Households

open access: yesRecycling, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the 5Rs Holistic Model for Zero Food Waste in Saudi Arabian Food Service Outlets

open access: yesRecycling, 2023
Background: The proportion of food waste in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly in food service outlets, sends an important and urgent call for a holistic model to either prevent or at least properly manage this high level of food waste. This study
Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food waste composting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The objective of this thesis was to increase our knowledge of issues relevant to process problems in large-scale composting. The investigations focused on acid-related process inhibition and the relationships between temperature, aeration, evaporation ...
Sundberg, Cecilia
core   +1 more source

Review: Food Loss and Food Waste: Causes and Solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Book review for Food Loss and Food Waste: Causes and ...
Laberge, Yves
core   +1 more source

Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste By 20 Percent, Executive Summary 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The magnitude of the food waste problem is difficult to comprehend. The U.S. spends $218 billion a year -- 1.3% of GDP -- growing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food that is never eaten.

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Functional and Structural Evidence of Neurofluid Circuit Aberrations in Huntington Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Disrupted neurofluid regulation may contribute to neurodegeneration in Huntington disease (HD). Because neurofluid pathways influence waste clearance, inflammation, and the distribution of central nervous system (CNS)–delivered therapeutics, understanding their dysfunction is increasingly important as targeted treatments emerge.
Kilian Hett   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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