Food Waste Reduction and Valorisation Sustainability Assessment and Policy Analysis

Food Waste Reduction and Valorisation Sustainability Assessment and Policy Analysis / edited by Piergiuseppe Morone, Franka Papendiek, Valentina Elena Tartiu.

This book adds a new dimension to the sustainability assessment of food waste reduction and valorisation: policy analysis. Featuring a transdisciplinary analysis by key experts in the field, it identifies the drivers of change in food-waste reduction and valorisation technologies by looking, for exa...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Morone, Piergiuseppe (Editor), Papendiek, Franka (Editor), Tartiu, Valentina Elena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Sustainable development.
Climate change.
Waste management.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Cutting through the challenge of improving the consumer experience of foods by enabling the preparation of sustainable meals and the reduction of food waste
  • The Economic Case for the Circular Economy: From Food Waste to Resource
  • Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions of meat products through food waste reduction. A framework for a sustainability assessment approach
  • Fodder Legumes for Green Biorefineries: A Perspective for Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
  • Bio-waste lignin to soluble lignin-like polymers. An Italian municipal waste treatment plant as empirical case study for evaluating processes and applications for technological scale up and commercial exploitation
  • Techno-economic study and environmental assessment of food waste based biorefinery
  • Techno-economic evaluation of refining of food supply chain wastes for the production of chemicals and biopolymers
  • Bio-based Economy: Policy Framework and Foresight Thinking
  • Bringing a Sharing Economy Approach into the Food Sector: The Potential of Food Sharing for Reducing Food Waste
  • Defining the Meaning of Food Waste as a Matter of Urgency
  • Waste Reduction in Fresh Food Supply Chains: an Operations Research Approach
  • Participatory Planning in Organic Solid Waste Management: A Backcasting Approach
  • The role of social networks in the diffusion of bio-waste products: the case of mulching films derived from organic waste in Province of Foggia
  • Grassroots innovations and the transition towards sustainability: Tackling the food waste challenge.

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