Essays about: "municipal food waste"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 35 essays containing the words municipal food waste.

  1. 11. How Can Unit Pricing Be Employed and Improve Municipal Waste Management in Shanghai?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lan Li; [2020]
    Keywords : Pay As You Throw; Unit Pricing; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Source Separation; Waste Reduction; Recycling Behavior; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : China is on a transition to waste management charging reform and pursuing effective eco-nomic incentives on an individual level. Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)/Unit pricing is recog-nized as an important and effective means to waste prevention and source segregation ren-dered by the government mostly in the developed countries. READ MORE

  3. 12. Is it illegal to waste food? : a study on applying the Swedish Environmental Code in food control for reduced food waste

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Ida Alexandra Escudero Saukko; [2020]
    Keywords : food waste; food control; supervision; supervisory authority; food inspector; food waste quantification; food legislation; general rules of consideration; Swedish environmental code;

    Abstract : One third of all food produced for human consumption globally is lost or wasted, making food waste a major problem from both an economic, social and environmental perspective. One way of preventing food waste is through legislation. READ MORE

  4. 13. Volatile fatty acid production and application as external carbon source for denitrification

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Cora Michelle Döhler; [2020]
    Keywords : VFAs; co-fermentation; primary sludge; food waste; denitrification; external carbon source; MBBR;

    Abstract : By rethinking wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as resource recovery facilities, it is possible to de- velop the next generation of WWTPs. Moreover, it allows to accomplish environmental goals, such as reducing the CO2 footprint, and comply with increasing effluent standards regarding the concentration of nitrogen in a more sustainable way. READ MORE

  5. 14. Feedstock Recovery From Municipal Food Waste

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Matilda Palmér; Anna Sandström; Sara Johansson; Josefin Eklund Wallin; [2020]
    Keywords : Feedstock Recovery; Food waste; Sludge; Anaerobic digestion; VFA;

    Abstract : Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) are a by-product when producing methane through anaerobic digestion (AD). Due to their many uses as building block chemicals, it is of interest to look into ways to optimize anaerobic digestion toward VFA production instead of methane generation. READ MORE

  6. 15. From theory to practice: food waste reduction strategies in literature and a case study of municipalities in Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Halley Rainer; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainability science; food waste reduction; consumer food waste; municipal food waste; municipal policy; Skåne; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food waste is recognized as a major global issue that currently lacks sufficient political and legislative action in order to understand or address it adequately. Skåne County, Sweden’s southernmost county, has highly ambitious climate action goals, and reducing municipal food waste could help them meet these goals. READ MORE