Avoidable food waste set out by affluent and low income households, considered in terms of total weight, life-cycle stage and product group, did not change significantly after delivery of either leaflet. Neither
reducing food waste is an essential component [9]. Food waste negatively affects the environment and the agriculture industry [9]. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) spends around USD 4 billion annually (equivalent to AED 14.69 billion), making up around 40% of the daily domestic waste in the ...
The substantial impact of the global food system on the environment is well established. It is estimated that the food system was responsible for 18 Gt of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2015, comprising 34% of total global GHG emissions that year1. The...
On top, food waste within households is a significant contributor to the overall environmental impact of food consumption. The contribution is partly due to the accumulation of the impacts of the previous steps in the FSC (Beretta et al., 2017). Measuring this food waste can be challenging ...
Reducing food waste is widely recognized as critical for improving resource efficiency and meeting the nutritional demand of a growing human population. Here we explore whether the sharing economy can provide meaningful assistance to reducing food waste in a relatively low-impact and environmentally-sound...
3. Plastic waste boom during COVID-19 4. Changing face of plastic waste management during COVID-19 pandemic 5. Long-term impacts of the plastic pollution outbreak on the environment 6. Conclusions and outlook Declaration of Competing Interests Acknowledgments Appendix. Supplementary materials References...
How we grow food, consume it and waste it may play a big role in whether the world can avert a climate catastrophe, environmentalists and climate change analysts say. One big obstacle to changing the most damaging practices is that many of them are in fact encouraged and financially incentiv...
A study by the University of Manchester calculated the emissions of CO,—the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change-at every stage of microwaves, from manufacture to waste disposal. " It is electricity consumption by microwaves that has the biggest impact on the environment, "say the...
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The Impact of Urbanization on the Environment Urbanization refers to the process of population concentration in cities and towns, leading to the expansion of urban areas. This phenomenon has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, with more and more people moving from rural areas to urban ...