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A third of global food production is lost in the production chain or wasted in the chain of consumption, with severe consequences in the social, environmental and economic spheres. Reducing the volumes of this shocking waste ...
The household waste can be reduced by cooking nutritional food as per the daily requirement of family and avoiding food going to landfills. The excess food may be shared with the people who are in need of directly or through agencies. The consumers should aware of impact of food wasta...
The good news is that several states across the country are taking action to curb food waste and gain food recovery. Legislators in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont have passed laws that restrict the amount of food waste going to landfills. Vermont’s...
Food loss and waste (FLW) hampers global food security, human health and environmental sustainability. However, monitoring and benchmarking FLW reduction is often constrained by the lack of reliable and consistent data, especially for emerging economies. Here we use 6 yr large-scale field surveys...
Further analysis using a multi-factor analysis model revealed that regional location, service population size, processing technique, and urban income exerted varying impacts on the economy of food waste treatment. Population size exerted the highest impact (P = 0.016) during the construction stage, ...
Food waste is responsible for severe environmental, social, and economic issues and therefore it is imperative to prevent or at least minimize its generation. The main cause of food waste is poor demand forecasting and so it is essential to improve the accuracy of the tools tasked with these ...
"In order to restore food security conditions in Italy, the overall waste should be cut by some 25 percent," the ISPRA warned in a separate report analysing social and economical impact of food wastage. "Food waste generates significant socio-economic and environmental effects, and is accountable...
Food waste has high ecological and economic impacts as well as ethical implications in view of world hunger and rising global food demand (Papargyropoulou et al., 2014; Venkat, 2011; Xue et al., 2017). Globally, food wasted at the retail and consumption level amounts to 931 million tons...
In this chapter, we delve into the assessment of food waste's environmental impact, underscoring its significant effects on our planet. The chapter explores the primary drivers behind food waste and examines the economic, social, and ethical aspects of this issue. The central focus of the ...