Search Results - subject:"Waste reduction"

The Impacts of food waste information on consumer preferences for blemished produce and implications for food retailers

Collart, Alba J.; Interis, Matthew G.; Henson, Chloe’; … - In: Journal of agricultural and applied economics : JAEE 54 (2022) 3, pp. 440-460

Produce that does not meet sellers' esthetic standards may be redirected to alternative uses or wasted, but consumer trends indicate potential marketability of blemished produce. We conduct a nonhypothetical experimental auction to elicit consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP) for produce of varying...

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Effects of Substrate Concentration and Hydraulic Retention Time on the Production Stability of Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Food Waste

Liu, Xinning; Wu, Menghan; Yu, Peng; Wang, Hui - 2022

Bioconversion of organics in food waste (FW) to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) via anaerobic fermentation is attractive for sustainable development. In practice, the daily output and composition of FW fluctuate greatly, interfering with the fermentation process. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) and...

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Biochar-Enabled High-Rate Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Hydrothermally Pretreated Thickened Waste Activated Sludge (Twas) and Food Waste (Fw)

Haroun, Basem; Nakhla, George; Abdulazeez, Mariam; … - 2022

The effect of coupling biochar addition and hydrothermal pretreatment in anaerobic mono-digestion and co-digestion of hydrothermally pretreated thickened waste activated sludge (PTWAS) with food waste (FW) was investigated in six semi-continuous lab-scale digesters at organic loading rates (OLR...

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Nickel-Loaded Shrimp Shell Biochar Enhances Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste

Li, Xiao; Wu, Mingxuan; Xue, Yingwen - 2022

This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of shrimp shell biochar (SBC) and SBC absorbed with Ni2+ in promoting the activity of microorganisms during anaerobic digestion of food waste. The results showed that the methane yield of the control (without SBC), SBC, SBC with low concentration...

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Food waste prevention solutions in the annual reports of European companies

Gorgan, Cģtģlina; Chersan, Ionela-Corina; Dragomir, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 60, pp. 309-329

Food waste is a social, environmental, and economic challenge today. The European Union's Green Deal demands tackling this problem. Our research question is: "What are the solutions regarding food waste prevention across the companies' supply chain?" The mixed research method consisted of...

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Bibliometric analysis of the Green Deal policies in the food chain

Popescu, Dorin Vicenţiu; Dima, Adriana; Radu, Elena; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 60, pp. 410-428

Nutrition concerns and food waste are a priority for the European Union, and the implementation of Green Pact policies is of major interest to all those involved in the food chain sector. The main purpose of this paper is to conduct an in-depth analysis of scientific production using...

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Good practices on reducing food waste throughout the food supply chain

Stanciu, Mirela; Popescu, Agatha; Antonie, Iuliana; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 60, pp. 566-582

Research to identify initiatives to reduce food waste (FW) in Romania is quite limited, and existing studies at the European and international level have highlighted the need to promote models of good practice that can be multiplied on a large scale. In this context, the aim of the paper is to...

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Fighting food waste by law : making sense of the Chinese approach

Feng, Yangxue; Marek, Charlene; Tosun, Jale - In: Journal of consumer policy : consumer issues in law, … 45 (2022) 3, pp. 457-479

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The mission waste : nachhaltig verpacken

Schmitt, Thomas - Handelsblatt Research Institute - 2022

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Risk analysis approach to identifying actions that reduce waste for a lean agricultural supply chain

Chairany, Nurul; Hidayatno, Akhmad; Suzianti, Amalia - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 15 (2022) 2, pp. 350-366

waste reduction efforts in agricultural products compared with traditional manufacturing products, which can also apply to … agricultural supply chain for cayenne pepper in Indonesia. A risk-lean relationship matrix was developed to identify waste … reduction efforts. Findings: In this study, the lean-risk matrix was created to discover the similarities and differences in …

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