Food Waste to Valuable Resources
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Food Waste to Valuable Resources
Description
Food waste (FW) have been defined as the byproducts or wastes originating from houses, canteens, hotels, restaurants,
catering services, and several food-based industries, etc. FW are considered as the nonproduct streams of constituents
where their economic worth is below the collection and retrieval cost, and hence they are thrown away as waste
(United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 2012). About 89 million tons of FW are produced annually in
the EU-27 (European Commission, 2010). Of this total, 80% has been recorded, with 38% created by the manufacturing
sector and 42% by the household sector, emphasizing the generation of FW at each phase in the food supply chain
(FSC). Generally, household FW generated by people at their homes signifies an issue from the logistics perspective.
catering services, and several food-based industries, etc. FW are considered as the nonproduct streams of constituents
where their economic worth is below the collection and retrieval cost, and hence they are thrown away as waste
(United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 2012). About 89 million tons of FW are produced annually in
the EU-27 (European Commission, 2010). Of this total, 80% has been recorded, with 38% created by the manufacturing
sector and 42% by the household sector, emphasizing the generation of FW at each phase in the food supply chain
(FSC). Generally, household FW generated by people at their homes signifies an issue from the logistics perspective.