In the effective management of food loss or waste, a succession of solutions may be adopted and prioritized in a manner comparable to the waste management hierarchy. According to the food loss or waste hierarchy, the first and most desired action to prevent food waste is to minimize food ...
However, such knowledge is still vague and incomplete, particularly in developing countries and emerging countries such as China. Here we review food losses and waste in the Chinese food system. We found that food loss and waste occurred at each stage of food chain, each food department and ...
Food loss and waste (FLW) happens everywhere from farm to fork, and there’s plenty of blame to go around. An estimated $600 billion worth of food is lost globally during or just after harvest, according to a recent McKinsey & Company report.1 In the U.S., about 30% of surplu...
Food waste factors Sustainability Food retail stores Organizational theory Food supply chain 1. Introduction As the world becomes aware of the deterioration of the planet and its limited resources, the urgency to reduce food waste continues to grow among different actors, including business enterprises,...
Food loss describes the situations whereby edible food leaves the food supply chain because of unintentional events, such as extreme weather, an unexpected technical failure or limited storage capacity [18]. In contrast, food waste arises due to intentional human actions whereby the food suitable ...
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from food loss and waste (FLW) are not well characterized from cradle to grave. Here GHG emissions due to FLW in supply chain and waste management systems are quantified, followed by...
In conclusion, this paper presents the outlook of the overall framework and suggests an outline of future directions in this field. 展开 关键词: Food loss and waste Food supply chain Generation Reduction Impacts Sustainable approaches DOI: 10.1007/s42768-024-00200-7 年份: 2024 ...
Food Loss and Waste (FLW) has become a worldwide concern.However, very often monitoring and analyzing FLW reduction 1.is restricted ( restrict) by lack of reliable and consistent FLW data. A research team led by Prof. Cheng Shengkui from the Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out a survey...
In this review, drivers, issues, and implications of packaging-related food losses and waste (FLW) are discussed, as well as the implication for the implementation in life cycle assessments (LCA). Keywords: Packaging; food waste; food loss; sustainability; LCA 1. Introduction Food production is...
wheat; value chain; food loss; food waste; food and energy security; natural resources and environment1. Introduction 1.1. Background Food insecurity is one of the major challenges facing humanity today. Cereals are the main food staples globally, out of which, wheat is the most important crop...