Food waste recovery pathways: Challenges and opportunities for an emerging bio-based circular economy. A systematic review and an assessment

R Santagata, M Ripa, A Genovese, S Ulgiati - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The transition towards a Circular Economy in the agri-food supply chain will require
appropriate support mechanisms. Globally, 1/3 of food is wasted, generating by-products …

Contributions toward sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis of sustainability reporting research

NAA Effah, Q Wang, GMY Owusu, OAS Otchere… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The study determines the development of the sustainability reporting domain using a dataset
of publications extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) core database and visualized with …

Small-scale urban agriculture results in high yields but requires judicious management of inputs to achieve sustainability

R McDougall, P Kristiansen, R Rader - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - pnas.org
A major challenge of the 21st century is to produce more food for a growing population
without increasing humanity's agricultural footprint. Urban food production may help to solve …

Convergence of ecological footprint and emergy analysis as a sustainability indicator of countries: Peru as case study

R Siche, L Pereira, F Agostinho, E Ortega - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2010 - Elsevier
In the last decade, two scientific tools have been extensively used worldwide to measure the
human impact on nature: ecological footprint (EF) and emergy analysis (EA). Papers trying …

Insect as feed: An emergy assessment of insect meal as a sustainable protein source for the Brazilian poultry industry

G Allegretti, E Talamini, V Schmidt, PC Bogorni… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Projections point to a global increase in meat consumption as a result of rising income and
changes in food patterns, especially in develo** countries. Poultry meat is an option for …

Comprehensive evaluation of environmental and economic benefits of industrial symbiosis in industrial parks

X Chen, M Dong, L Zhang, X Luan, X Cui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The benefit evaluation of industrial symbiosis in industrial parks plays an important part in
park management. This study aims to propose a comprehensive assessment method for …

Questioning the ecological footprint

A Galli, M Giampietro, S Goldfinger, E Lazarus, D Lin… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this perspective paper a critical discussion about the concept of the Ecological Footprint is
documented based on 10 questions which are answered from critical and supporting points …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of urban aquaponics farms: An emergy point of view

LH David, SM Pinho, F Agostinho, JI Costa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquaponics is a food production system that aims higher sustainability by integrating
advantages gained from aquaculture and hydroponic production. Aquaponics aims to mimic …

An emergy-based approach to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating IoT-based sensing systems into smart buildings

T Kumar, R Srinivasan, M Mani - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Wireless Sensing Systems based on the Internet of Things (IoT) are increasingly
being deployed in smart buildings to reduce their energy consumption and environmental …

Emergy assessment of integrated production systems of grains, pig and fish in small farms in the South Brazil

O Cavalett, JF De Queiroz, E Ortega - Ecological Modelling, 2006 - Elsevier
The present study uses emergy methodology to evaluate environmental aspects of
integrated production systems of grains, pig and fish in small farms in the South region of …