01874cam a22002415i 4500999001700000008004100017020001800058245006500076260002900141520105400170650003401224650003501258650002201293650004301315650003501358650003901393700001901432700001401451700001801465700001601483942000701499952012601506  c38255d38255140912s2015    gw |||| o    |||| 0|eng    a978981158966910aSustainable Food Waste Management: concepts and innovations/  aSingaporebSpingerc2029  aThis work presents the findings of an extensive study on the state-of-the-art regarding the problem of food waste in Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. The results show that the problem of food waste can be found at different levels in each country and that our knowledge of it is limited by the current lack of studies in the area. The problem is primarily due to food waste generated by the manufacturing sector, mostly in the form of unused or inefficiently used by-products, as well as on a share of food thrown away by households that is still suitable for human consumption. The main reduction/prevention method, applied across the countries, is food donation; the remaining methods are the same ones used for biodegradable waste in the respective countries. The findings gathered in this study show a number of potential measures/methods for sustainable food waste management, which may be considered in future works in order to reduce the amounts of food waste generated in each of the aforementioned countries. 0aEnvironmental sciences.95548 0aSustainable development.92883 0aWaste management.14aEnvironmental Science and Engineering.24aSustainable Development.9288324aWaste Management/Waste Technology.1 aThakur, Monika1 aModi, V.K1 aKhedkar, Reun1 aSing Karuna  cBK  00102lcc4070aMAINbMAINcOOERd2024-05-02eGFTl0oTQ 628. S88 2020p00048581r2024-05-02 00:00:00t1w2024-05-02yBK