Food Waste
Food Waste and Composting
Waste management techniques involving the organic waste streams, such as harvest or animal waste in solid or liquid form, and the energy and food wasted in food processing and from food loss can be reused for reducing the demand for land, soil, energy and water. Food loss is currently estimated to comprise one-third of food that is produced and not consumed. In developing countries, food loss is primarily due to “… a lack of access to energy for adequate post-harvesting operations, such as drying, storage and processing, as well as a lack of transportation and distribution” (“Energy”, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). This section focuses on agricultural waste reduction of energy, water, land and soil (e.g., waste-to-energy strategies and technologies such as biodigesters), composting effects on soil fertility and water conservation, and reuse of treated wastewater for agriculture.
Resources CESC
Publication
Food Consumption and Waste in Spanish Households: Water Implications Within and Beyond National Borders
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Ecological Indicators
Date:
1 June 2018
Publication
Onsite Food Waste Processing as an Opportunity to Conserve Water in a Medical Facility Case Study, Abu Dhabi
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Energy Procedia
Date:
1 March 2017
Publication
Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach
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Sustainability
Date:
21 January 2016
Publication
Food, Energy, and Water Transformative Research Opportunities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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National Science Foundation
Date:
1 July 2014
Publication
Food Waste to Energy: How Six Water Resource Recovery Facilities are Boosting Biogas Production and the Bottom Line
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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date:
1 September 2014
Publication
Tools and Websites
Food Security
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Date:
1 December 2015