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Title:
Food industry wastes : assessment and recuperation of commodities
Author:
Kosseva, Maria R., editor.
ISBN:
9780128173770
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
London : Academic Press, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Contents:
Front Cover -- Food Industry Wastes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface to second edition -- List of abbreviations -- I. Food Industry Wastes: Challenges and Prospects -- 1 Definitions, measurement, and drivers of food loss and waste -- Glossary -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Defining food loss and waste -- 1.3 Extent of food loss and waste -- 1.3.1 Methodological approaches for quantifying food loss and waste -- 1.3.2 Existing estimates of food loss and waste in mass -- 1.3.2.1 Overview
1.3.2.2 Food loss and waste along the food supply chain in middle- and high-income countries -- Case study: composition of avoidable food loss and waste along the food supply chain-empirical results for Scandinavian cou ... -- 1.3.2.3 Food loss and waste along the food supply chain in low-income countries -- 1.3.3 Costs associated with food loss and waste -- 1.3.3.1 Economic costs -- 1.3.3.2 Environmental resource use related to food loss and waste -- 1.4 Drivers of food loss and waste -- 1.5 Potential prevention approaches and impact assessment -- 1.5.1 Theoretical considerations
1.5.2 Empirical evidence -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Effectiveness and efficiency of food-waste prevention policies, circular economy, and food industry -- Glossary -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Food-waste prevention in a circular economy policy perspective -- 2.3 (Economic) assessments of food-waste prevention efforts -- 2.3.1 United States of America: "Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste by 20%" -- 2.3.1.1 Calculation of the cost reductions -- 2.3.1.1.1 Solutions evaluation -- 2.3.1.1.2 Baseline definition -- 2.3.1.2 Calculation of economic values -- 2.3.1.2.1 Data analysis
2.3.1.3 Calculation of the noneconomic value -- 2.3.1.3.1 Data validation -- 2.3.2 Sweden: "Reduced food waste-environmental benefits and cost saving" -- 2.3.2.1 Assumptions and terms -- 2.3.2.2 Calculation of the cost reductions -- 2.3.2.3 Calculation of the environmental benefits -- 2.3.3 United Kingdom: "Household Food Waste in the UK, 2015" -- 2.3.3.1 Calculation of the economic implications -- 2.3.3.2 Calculation of the environmental benefits -- 2.3.4 Overview on study methodologies and outcomes -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 2.4.1 Comparison of the food-waste prevention measures
2.4.2 Food-waste prevention and rebound effects -- 2.4.3 Further research -- References -- 3 Sources, characteristics and treatment of plant-based food waste -- Glossary -- Thermal conversion of solid waste -- Biochemical conversion technologies -- 3.1 Introduction: Sources of food loss and waste -- 3.1.1 Sources of food loss and waste -- 3.2 Characterization and composition of food loss and waste -- 3.2.1 Fruit and vegetable wastes -- 3.2.1.1 Seasonal variations -- 3.2.1.2 Physical and chemical properties and organic content -- 3.2.1.3 Rheological properties -- 3.2.2 Fruit wastes
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