Turning food loss and food waste into Watts: A review of food waste as an energy source

F Economou, I Voukkali, I Papamichael, V Phinikettou… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Food loss (FL) and food waste (FW) have become severe global problems, contributing to
resource inefficiency and environmental degradation. Approximately 6% of greenhouse gas …

From plate to palate: Sustainable solutions for upcycling food waste in restaurants and catering

N Kanwal, M Zhang, M Zeb, U Batool, L Rui - Trends in Food Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Food waste (FW) in restaurants and catering arises from inefficiencies
throughout food preparation, handling, and disposal stages. Addressing these inefficiencies …

Urban informalities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A solution for or barrier against sustainable city development

GA Azunre, O Amponsah, SA Takyi, H Mensah… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The roles of urban informalities in the advancement of the sustainable city agenda are
contested in conventional literature. However, the contestation does not take account of the …

Food waste-based bio-fertilizers production by bio-based fermenters and their potential impact on the environment

M Mandal, A Roy, S Das, R Rakwal, GK Agrawal… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing food waste is creating a global waste (and management) crisis. Globally,∼ 1.6
billion tons of food is wasted annually, worth∼ $1.2 trillion. By reducing this waste or by …

Excessive food buying in Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19: examining the effects of perceived severity, religiosity, consumption culture and attitude toward behavior

AEE Sobaih - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current study builds on both the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Protection
Motivation Theory (PMT) to examine why consumers in Saudi Arabia engage in excessive …

Do culture and consciousness matter? A study on motivational drivers of household food waste reduction in Turkey

A Secer, M Masotti, E Iori, M Vittuari - Sustainable Production and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste reduction has taken a remarkable place in the objectives of the United Nations'
Sustainable Development Goals and it has been considered a relevant topic by scholars …

Review of ecosystem services in a bio-based circular economy and governance mechanisms

RG Cong, M Thomsen - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the literature relating to a type of local bio-based circular economy (BCE)
where food waste (FW) is effectively recycled to advanced bio-refineries to produce multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges in human-food interaction

M Obrist, FA Bertran, N Makam, S Kim, C Dawes… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is an increasing interest in combining interactive technology with food, leading to a
new research area called human-food interaction. While food experiences are increasingly …

Analysis of drivers for anti-food waste behaviour-TISM and MICMAC approach

A Poonia, S Sindhu, V Arya, A Panghal - Journal of Indian Business …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to identify and analyse the interactions among drivers of anti-food
waste behaviour at the consumer level. By understanding the mutual interactions among the …

Reducing consumer food waste using green and digital technologies

S Bolwig, AN Tanner, P Riemann, B Redlingshöfer… - 2021 - forskning.ruc.dk
The world is facing a food-waste crisis. It is estimated that 931 million tonnes of food were
wasted by households, retailers, restaurants and other food services in 2019 [1]. Around …