waste disposalOur society currently faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation leading to rapidly escalating raw material costs and increasingly expensive and restrictive waste disposal legislation. The variety of food processes used in the food and drink industry globally ...
Its valorization is also an advantage for the tomato industry for economic reasons, by taking advantage of the added-value of the different bioactive compounds present in tomato waste and by lowering the costs of waste disposal, handling, and treatment (Lavelli & Torresani, 2011; Lenucci, ...
Current legislation does little to incentivise food waste separation within hotels. Many hotel operators are reliant upon third party provision of waste collection, recovery and or disposal services. Exceptions include operators for whom onsite food waste processing systems or arrangements with individual ...
household and food waste disposal plastics. Gaps in the research include evidence from low- and middle-income countries, health or food security and/or economic outcomes generated from human population studies—and the subsequent environmental and human health effects. A greater understanding of this ...
Legislation is on its way, too. As part of the new Farm to Fork strategy, a key element of the European Green Deal, the EU will step up its action to prevent food loss and waste along the whole food value chain. This includes legally binding targets for food waste reduction by 2023....
Biodigesters can easily become a main part of a property’s carbon reduction story and be attractive to those who care about how food waste is managed—potential meetings customers, for example. Also, governments are enacting legislation to keep food waste out of landfills. A biodigester ...
Support local farmers' markets and food cooperatives that often have less food waste compared to large-scale retailers. Educate your neighbors and friends about the impact of food waste and encourage them to adopt similar practices. Policy and Legislation: Advocate for policies that incentivize food ...
Newly introduced federal legislation called theFood Date Labeling Act of 2016attempts to remedy this. If passed, date formats would be standardized for consumer clarity, employing a two-date system (“best if used by” to denote quality; “expires on” to indicate safety). In the meantime, wh...
The amount of food wasted varies from city to city, and with only nine of the top 25 most populated cities mandating food waste legislation, there is a lot of room for improvement. The good news: some cities leading the effort to reduce food waste across the country. ...
Extraction of the entire benefits from waste products and minimizing waste generation are the main goals of this hierarchy. The 3R (reduce/recover/recycle) application helps to minimize the amount of waste to disposal, to achieve more effective waste management, and finally to minimize associated ...