Consumption patterns and food waste in Spanish households Results show that, on average, total food consumption including drinks for a Spanish household was 655 kg per person and year. This means that, on an annual basis, average consumption per household is 1644 kg and total consumption for...
In January 2024, the Spanish government has approved the draft law on the prevention of food waste and food losses, as proposed by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in order to process it as soon as possible.World Food Regulation Review...
An ambitious bill to cut food waste has been approved by the Spanish government. All com-panies involved in the production and supply of food must plan to reduce waste or they could face fines of up to € 60,000.Food waste is a serious international prob-lem. Nearly one billion tonnes ...
MADRID, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Around 7.7 million tons of food are wasted a year in Spain, it was confirmed on Monday by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. The announcement was made at the launch of the second phase of a campaign "More food, less waste", by the M...
The increasing production of food waste worldwide and new international regulations call for the development of new technologies to treat this biowaste. Anaerobic processes are able to treat efficiently organic wastes, producing at the same time different value-added compounds. In addition, due to th...
Food waste is a growing problem throughout the world; on one hand, we've got so many people starving, and on the other hand, in places like Western Europe or the US people are wasting almost 50% of what they eat. It seems reasonable to find ways to send the excess food to the ...
It’s become an epidemic. The tutsi-fruitsie is king. The ice tea is contaminated with passion fruit or other petrochemical waste. Side dishes avoid the usual rice or potatoes and provide instead broccolini with mashed yeast and ground Murano glass and Galena lead pellets. ...
While the movement is still small, social organisations and a growing number of forward-thinking restaurants are also starting to actively address plastic waste issues. Since late 2018,El Willy, an upscale Spanish restaurant on the Bund in Shanghai, has added sustainability into its company go...
I feel very strongly about waste, especially food waste so when I find something to do with an item that I previously threw away, it makes me very happy. I promise it's so easy and only takes a few extra seconds to save the seeds when scooping them out. In fact, it doesn't take...
The aim of this paper was to identify the causes of food waste in the metropolitan region of Barcelona along the food supply chain, considering the relevant stakeholders' perceptions. Moreover, we examined the circumstantial or structural nature of the identified causes. We conducted a qualitative ...