Food waste materials appear efficient and low-cost adsorbents for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater [PDF]
, 2018 In recent studies, the adsorption capacity of several food waste materials has been assessed by performing adsorption experiments in heterogeneous operating conditions.
Canepari, S. +4 more
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The quantity of food waste in the garbage stream of southern Ontario, Canada households.
PLoS ONE, 2018 There is little consensus on the amount of worldwide food waste generation because many current estimates are indirect and link back to the same limited primary datasets, with much of the data originating from fieldwork undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s.
Paul van der Werf +2 more
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Motivating household food waste reduction: Harnessing the power of message context and framing
Food Frontiers, 2023 Household food waste is a major contributor to the total food waste from all sectors globally. Food waste undermines sustainability and reduces the resilience of food systems.
Toritseju Begho, Ningxin Zhao
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The Importance of Quantifying Food Waste in Canada
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 Understanding food waste in Canada may offer previously unrecognized opportunities and strategies to address rising food-cost inflation, food insecurity, and negative ecological impacts and energy costs attributable to food production, distribution, and ...
Majd Abdulla +3 more
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Combating Food Waste: Dumpster Diving as a Form of Consumer Resistance [PDF]
, 2018 This paper explores North America’s food waste issue associated with our current industrial globalized food system. Through a sociocultural lens, this essay examines the new social movement of dumpster diving among food waste activists and ‘freegans’ in ...
Vaughan, Brock J.
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HeliyonFood loss and waste (FLW) contains an abundance of nutrient components that can be extracted and converted into valuable bioproducts through biorefining (e.g., pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutrients).
Hannah Churton, Bernadette K. McCabe
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Black, Gold, and Green: Food Waste Management at Bryant University [PDF]
, 2015 The basis of this project is to examine the food waste management system at Bryant University, and to make feasible, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions for improving the system.
Tomasetti, Brooke
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Sustainable Green Charcoal Briquette from Food Waste via Microwave Pyrolysis Technique: Influence of Type and Concentration of Binders on Chemical and Physical Characteristics [PDF]
, 2021 Siti Shawalliah Idris +3 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsFood waste is increasingly becoming a global challenge, and school canteens are a significant and severe source of food waste. Reducing food waste is conducive to ensuring food security and environmental sustainability.
Panpan Zhang +3 more
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Saudi Zero Food Waste Certification: A Novel Approach for Food Waste Management in Saudi Arabia
Agronomy, 2023 Saudi Arabia (SA) is categorised as one of the nations with the highest food waste globally. However, this rate of food waste encompasses a high risk to the economy, society and environment.
Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih
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