Reducing food loss and waste in supply chain operations

N Luo, T Olsen, Y Liu, A Zhang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of research on food loss and waste (FLW) from the perspective
of operations management (OM). Supply chain FLW represents a significant challenge for …

Wasted food, wasted resources? A critical review of environmental impact analysis of food loss and waste generation and treatment

L Xue, G Song, G Liu - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Food loss and waste (FLW) comes with significant environmental impacts and thus prevents
a sustainable food system transition. Here we conducted a systematic review of 174 …

China's food loss and waste embodies increasing environmental impacts

L Xue, X Liu, S Lu, G Cheng, Y Hu, J Liu, Z Dou… - Nature Food, 2021‏ - nature.com
Food loss and waste (FLW) hampers global food security, human health and environmental
sustainability. However, monitoring and benchmarking FLW reduction is often constrained …

Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots

Y Guo, H Tan, L Zhang, G Liu, M Zhou, J Vira, PG Hess… - Nature food, 2023‏ - nature.com
Global food loss and waste (FLW) undermines the resilience and sustainability of food
systems and is closely tied to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals on …

Food waste and its embedded resources loss: A provincial level analysis of China

Z Niu, SJ Ng, B Li, J Han, X Wu, Y Huang - Science of the total environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Food waste is of great concern because it causes severe environmental pollution during
disposal and contains many resources that should be well managed. Food waste …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of food loss and waste in China: Quantity, impacts and mediators

C Li, P Bremer, MK Harder, MSW Lee, K Parker… - Journal of environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Although food loss and waste (FL&W) is high on China's national policy agenda, there is still
little scientific information published about how much FL&W exists in China, what its impacts …

Assessment of energy generation potential and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from biogas from food waste: Insights from Jiangsu Province

E Nketiah, H Song, M Adjei, G Adu-Gyamfi, B Obuobi… - Applied Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Food waste is a significant issue in many developed and emerging countries and has
significant environmental, social, and economic impacts. As China's urban population …

Hydrothermal treatment of food waste for bio-fertilizer production: formation and regulation of humus substances in hydrochar

L Wang, Y Chi, K Du, Z Zhou, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) poses serious challenges to incineration and composting. Hydrothermal
treatment (HTT) is a promising method to produce carbon-rich materials from biomass …

Towards the realization of sustainable development goals: Benefits of hydrogen from biogas using food waste in China

D Cudjoe, B Zhu, H Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Food waste is a worldwide issue due to its significant ecological, social, and economic
impacts. China's high amount of food waste has resulted in severe environmental …

Valorization of food waste into hydrogen: Energy potential, economic feasibility and environmental impact analysis

D Cudjoe, W Chen, B Zhu - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hydrogen gas is widely acknowledged as a significant energy carrier worldwide. Hydrogen
gas derived from sustainable sources could be used as an alternative to fossil fuel for …