Essays about: "Food waste recycling"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 essays containing the words Food waste recycling.

  1. 21. The Potential of Reducing Carbon Footprint Through Improved Sorting

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Fredrika Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Waste composition analysis; life cycle analysis; carbon footprint; residual waste; food waste; plastic packaging; Plockanalys; livscykelanalys; klimatavtryck; restavfall; matavfall; plastförpackningar;

    Abstract : Almost five million tonnes of household waste was generated in Sweden in 2018, half of which was residual waste sent for incineration with energy recovery. For materials that can not be recycled or biologically treated, incineration with energy recovery is considered a preferred management option. READ MORE

  3. 22. Re-sourcing soil fertility : assessing the soil amendment potential of farm household resources and wastes in Bolo Silasie, Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Jorunn Hellman; [2020]
    Keywords : nutrient recovery; manure management; ecological sanitation; material flow analysis; East African agriculture;

    Abstract : The global agriculture of today is to a high degree dependent on mineral fertilisers that through a constant accumulation of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the biosphere contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and eutrophication of water bodies. At the same time, agricultural productivity around the world is largely constrained by low inputs of plant nutrients. READ MORE

  4. 23. Small-scale biogas production from organic waste and application in mid-income countries – a case study of a Lebanese community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sebastian Huber; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Lebanon; small-scale; biogas production; organic waste; liquid digestate; anaerobic digestion; feasibility study;

    Abstract : The controlled anaerobic digestion of organic waste in a biogas facility aggregates advantages of waste treatment, energy recovery and nutrient recycling and is a promising technology to deal with contemporary issues of waste management and energy recovery. Small-scale biogas production units can be simply designed and successfully operated even in settings where means for advanced technology equipment are low and institutional capacities limited. READ MORE

  5. 24. Beyond PET: An Extended Deposit-Return System for Plastic Packaging in Sweden : A Qualitative Investigation of Challenges and Lessons from future and earlier Deposit-Return Systems

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Marco Suter; [2019]
    Keywords : Deposit-Return System DRS ; plastic packaging;

    Abstract : Collection rates and recycling rates of plastic packaging are considerably lower than for other packaging materials in Sweden. In the context of a circular economy, higher plastic packaging recycling rates could contribute to increased resource efficiency and lowered greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE

  6. 25. What is a Food Bank?: A cultural analytical exploration of the paradoxes and potentials of stakeholder definitions and interrelations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Hannah Brown; [2019]
    Keywords : food bank; gift-economy; dramaturgy; philanthropy; altruism; volunteering; donations; food waste; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Summer 2018 I worked with a recycling coalition in the United States to investigate food waste as a topic essential in promoting environmental sustainability. We banded together with QFB, a large food bank, to focus on the problem of food waste in their food rescue process. READ MORE