The analysis estimated that global food waste was 931 million tonnes of food waste across three sectors: 61 per cent from households, 26 per cent from food service and 13 per cent from retail.
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15 Facts About Food waste
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Food loss and waste occurs at all stages of the food supply chain – production, processing, sales, and consumption.
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Finally, the ERS and EPA definitions of food waste exclude the food that is not harvested at the farm level.
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Food waste that has passed the best -before, and sell-by date, and even some food that passed the use-by date is still edible at the time of disposal, but stores have widely varying policies to handle the excess food.
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Food waste in the United Kingdom is a subject of environmental, and socioeconomic concern that has received widespread media coverage and been met with varying responses from government.
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Since 1915, food waste has been identified as a considerable problem and has been the subject of ongoing media attention, intensifying with the launch of the "Love Food, Hate Waste" campaign in 2007.
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Food waste has been discussed in newspaper articles, news reports and television programmes, which have increased awareness of it as a public issue.
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The general approach to food waste reduction comprise two main pathways: prevention and valorisation.
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Food waste can be used to produce multiple high-value products, such as a fish oil substitute for food or feed use via marine micro algae, without compromising the ability to produce energy via biogas.
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Separate collections, known as source-separated organics, have the advantage that food waste can be disposed of in ways not applicable to other wastes.
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Curbside collection of food waste is done in the U S, some ways by combining food scraps and yard waste together.
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Food waste can be biodegraded by composting, and reused to fertilize soil.
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When this biodegradable Food waste is composted, it decomposes aerobically and does not produce methane, but instead produces organic compost that can then be utilized in agriculture.
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Anaerobic digestion plants can provide energy from waste by burning the methane created from food and other organic wastes to generate electricity, defraying the plants' costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Food waste coming through the sanitary sewers from garbage disposal units is treated along with other sewage and contributes to sludge.
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