Search for dissertations about: "Food waste management"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Food waste management.
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1. Upcycled food : a strategy for food waste management and a challenge for food choice motives
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2. Dynamically predicted shelf-life service : Exploring and evaluating a potential sustainable food supply chain innovation
Abstract : Roughly one third of all the food produced worldwide goes to waste. The global goals for sustainable development set by the United Nations in 2015 call for a 50% reduction of food waste per capita by 2030. We thus face several major food waste challenges that need academic and practical attention. READ MORE
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3. Household food waste management – Evaluations of current status and potential improvements using life-cycle assessment methodology
Abstract : An increased understanding of the world’s limited resources and the negative environmental impacts connected to solid waste management has in recent years increased interest in separate collection and treatment of organic waste in many parts of the world. As an example, increased biological treatment of organic waste is an explicit goal within the Swedish national solid waste management strategy (SEPA, 2006) and the national environmental objectives state that 35% of all organic household waste should be treated biologically by 2010 (SEPA, 2007). READ MORE
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4. Management of ship-generated waste - illustrated from the Baltic Sea perspective
Abstract : Globally around one-third of food produced for human consumption is wasted or lost. Although the food waste issues on land are being widely discussed, the food waste generated on ships seems not to receive similar attention. READ MORE
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5. The economics of residual waste : policies, price discrimination, and welfare
Abstract : Paper [I]: In this study, a net social cost framework is applied to provide insights on policy issues relating to the cross-border trade in waste fuel. We estimate the net social cost of using imported waste fuel in a highly efficient combined heat and power plant (CHP) in a cold climate by considering both private costs and benefits as well as external costs related to energy production, alternative waste management and fuel transport. READ MORE