Food loss and waste represent an increasing concern under social, economic and
environmental perspective, either in developed or developing realities. It is estimated that …

In this study 315 peer-reviewed studies on environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of
waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies were critically analysed. The technologies considered …

Agricultural use of food waste compost is the natural way to return nutrients to the soil. In
application of the European waste hierarchy, the recovery of nutrients from food waste …

Purpose Future scenarios and life cycle assessment (LCA) are powerful tools that can
provide early sustainability assessments of novel products, technologies and systems. The …

Addressing food loss and waste (FLW) globally is critical for both improving food security
and mitigating environmental pollution. While there are numerous studies addressing FLW …

A circular bioeconomy has the potential to minimize the environmental impacts of biowaste
while simultaneously generating value-added bioproducts and bioenergy. Currently, most …

In the realm of the German scope, four different waste treatment options for the Organic
Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) were evaluated against the environmental and …

Surplus food redistribution can be a way to relieve co-existing food insecurity and food
waste. The food waste hierarchy ranks surplus food donations for human consumption as …

The sorting treatment of food waste is gradually considered as an available strategy to
improve the sustainability of municipal solid waste (MSW) management, but the separation …

Food loss and waste (FLW) contribute significantly to the global food system's economic and
environmental burdens, including substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, resource …