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Food loss and waste

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In most cases, people have never known the impacts of food waste on the environment. It is for this reason that this source offers such information on the increased food waste and the associated environmental impacts It has been found that food waste leads to increased use of freshwater as well as fossils fuels which, alongside emission of methane and carbon oxide from decomposing or decaying foodstuffs impacts greatly global climate patterns. The energy content resulting from a broader food waste from the variance of food wholefood supplied and food consumed is calculated from this source. From the results, it has been found that recent fluctuations of food prices culminated to increased concerns about nationwide food shortages as well as the apparent urge to boost agricultural output. Consumers are directly and indirectly responsible for wasting a lot of food, which could for a large part be avoided if they were willing to accept sub optimal food (SOF) that deviates in sensory characteristics (odd shapes, discolorations) or has a best-before date that is approaching or has passed, but is still perfectly fine to eat. In addition to inedible and edible food waste generated by consumers, substantial amounts of food is wasted through food over consumption, also referred to as metabolic food waste, estimated globally as 10% of foods reaching the consumer.

Reference:

Han, S. K., & Shin, H. S. (2004). Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation of foodwaste. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 29(6), 569-577