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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.

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Food Consumption and Waste in Spanish Households: Water Implications Within and Beyond National Borders

This paper focuses on assessing the water-related implications of food consumption and waste among Spanish consumers to discern possible policy…

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Ecological Indicators

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1 June 2018

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Onsite Food Waste Processing as an Opportunity to Conserve Water in a Medical Facility Case Study, Abu Dhabi

This paper presents the case for soil and water conservation combined with waste recycling strategies in a desert type climate…

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Energy Procedia

Date:

1 March 2017

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Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach

Energy Water Food Nexus (EWFN) presents a valuable approach to achieving food security with a particular focus on sustainably balancing…

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Sustainability

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21 January 2016

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Food Waste to Energy: How Six Water Resource Recovery Facilities are Boosting Biogas Production and the Bottom Line

This report presents the co-digestion practices, performance, and the experiences of six such water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). The report…

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Date:

1 September 2014

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Food Security

The USDA Office of the Chief Economist Climate Change Program Office webpage provides food security and related information.

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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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1 December 2015