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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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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

Progress towards Sustainable Utilisation and Management of Food Wastes in the Global Economy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Food Science, 2016
In recent years, the problem of food waste has attracted considerable interest from food producers, processors, retailers, and consumers alike. Food waste is considered not only a sustainability problem related to food security, but also an economic ...
Purabi R. Ghosh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of Soil Amendment Material from Food Waste Disposed of in Bioplastic Bags

open access: yesFermentation, 2023
Effective food waste management is key to a sustainable future. We herein aimed at assessing the composition and the amount of food waste generated in the Chamchuri (CU) Terrace condominium (floors 18–22) in Bangkok (Thailand), producing soil amendment ...
Padtaraporn Kwanyun   +5 more
doaj   +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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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
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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

New Zealand’s Food Waste: Estimating the Tonnes, Value, Calories and Resources Wasted

open access: yesAgriculture, 2016
We used macro-economic data and aggregated waste data to estimate that, in 2011, New Zealand households generated over 224,000 tonnes of food waste, and New Zealand industry generated over 103,000 tonnes of food waste.
Christian John Reynolds   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining the food waste behaviour of consumers in Northwest Turkey: a crosssectional Analysis

open access: yesNew Medit, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine attitudes of consumers in the northwestern part of Turkey towards food waste behaviour. A structural equation model was used to analyze the attitudes and behaviour of consumers to food waste within the framework of ...
Özge Can NIYAZ, Nevin DEMIRBAŞ
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
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