Essays about: "effect of waste towards environment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words effect of waste towards environment.

  1. 1. Effect of different food by-products on Tenebrio molitor growth and development in an industrial environment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Anton Laggar Andreasson; [2023]
    Keywords : Tenebrio molitor; yellow mealworm; growth; development; industrial farming; wet feed; dry feed; by-products; insects; insects as food and feed; maturation; pupation;

    Abstract : Due to an increasing need for high-quality protein around the world, eyes are turning towards alternative methods of farming, such as insect farms. As insects can eat what humans cannot, e.g. food by-products, they can be a part of sustainable food systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Val av lokalproducerade frukter och grönsaker i säsong - en väg mot hållbar konsumtion?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Safin Mahdi Khoshnaw; [2023]
    Keywords : frukt och grönsaker; lokalproducerat; säsong; hållbar konsumtion; hållbar produktion; miljö; klimat;

    Abstract : Båda nationellt och internationellt står säkerställning och arbete mot en hållbar konsumtion och produktion på agendan. Detta kan kopplas till alla de 17 globala hållbarhetsmålen som styr mot Agenda 2030, liksom flera av Sveriges miljömål. READ MORE

  4. 3. Implementing Sharing Economy on a Local Governance Level : A Case Study from Uppsala Municipality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Heiðdís Inga Hilmarsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sharing Economy; Local Governance; Implications; Municipalities’ Role;

    Abstract : With an expanded increase in consumption and production in the last decades, the Western societies’ unsustainable way of living has started to have a destructive effect on the planet. Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions linked to production and waste control in societies can be reduced immensely with fewer goods. READ MORE

  5. 4. The potential for large-scale implementation of biochar in the agricultural sector : a quantitative study on plant growth in light soils and a qualitative study on the agricultural sector’s perception on biochar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Mathilda Håkansson; Louise Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Transdisciplinary study; Agricultural science; Biochar; Plant growth; Soil properties; Biochar implementation; Perceptions on biochar;

    Abstract : Agricultural activities are collectively one of the largest contributors to accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHG). At the same time, agriculture is at a risk to be affected extensively by climate change. Concurrently, in conventional agriculture GHG emissions have become inevitable to maintain efficiency. READ MORE

  6. 5. Circular economy in the building industry : Innovation as an incentive and its link to company growth

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Fabian Narin; Georgios Petros Lazaridis; [2021]
    Keywords : circular economy; building industry; innovation; company growth;

    Abstract : Background: The building industry is slowly but progressively shifting from the ‘take-make-dispose’principle of the linear economy towards a circular economy (CE), where waste is minimized and reintroduced to the loop of production. In this way, the loop of materials, energy and waste flows is closed; all for the hopes of saving the environment. READ MORE