The environmental impacts of food systems and the negative health consequences of excess food intake are well-acknowledged global issues. However, the climate impact of excess food intake, or metabolic food waste, has been less investigated. In this study we investigated the amount of metabolic food waste and its climate impact in Sweden. Excess food intake… Continue reading New publication: The climate impact of excess food intake in Sweden
Category: Food waste
Ph.D. project: Sustainability assessment of food donation as a food waste management option
Surplus food redistribution, or food donation, has been advocated as a simultaneous solution to coexisting food wastage and food insecurity. Globally, an estimated one-third of the total food production goes lost or wasted, while 2 billion people still lack regular access to nutritious foods and 690 million people are hungry. Even in a high-income country… Continue reading Ph.D. project: Sustainability assessment of food donation as a food waste management option
Assessing circular food systems: Fish oil substitute produced from food waste
Imagine that you buy three bags of food at the grocery store and throw away one of them before you get home. Seems crazy right? But the truth is that about one-third of the food produced today is wasted, meaning that a considerable amount of food is produced in vain. Overproduction, cosmetic standards, inefficient logistics and overconsumption… Continue reading Assessing circular food systems: Fish oil substitute produced from food waste
Spikning av licenciatavhandling
I fredags (19 februari) sĂ„ spikades avhandlingen “Food waste in the food service sector – Quantities, risk factors and reduction strategies“. Avhandlingen kommer att lĂ€ggas fram och försvaras den 12 mars. Avhandlingen undersöker hur stort matsvinnet Ă€r i storköks- och restaurangsektorn, vilka risk faktorer som existerar och vad som kan göras för att minska svinnet.… Continue reading Spikning av licenciatavhandling
Ăverskottsmat – till vilken nytta?
Att ta hand om överskottsmat frĂ„n butiker och livsmedelsindustrin och donera överskottet till behövande Ă€r inte nĂ„got nytt fenomen globalt, men att göra detta för att minska matsvinnet Ă€r tĂ€mligen nytt. Som ett resultat av detta sĂ„ har det pĂ„ senare tid kommit en rad aktörer som pĂ„ olika sĂ€tt försöker hitta vĂ€gar för att… Continue reading Ăverskottsmat – till vilken nytta?
100 000 ton per year instead of 30 000 – updated data about food waste from Swedish retail stores
The elefant in the room in this new report http://www.naturvardsverket.se/Om-Naturvardsverket/Publikationer/ISBN/8800/978-91-620-8857-6/, was the new data on retail waste – 100000 tons instead of 30000 tons -, which now is based on figures reported directly by the retail chains via the voluntary agreement instead of statistics based on a few stores combined with the number of employees.… Continue reading 100 000 ton per year instead of 30 000 – updated data about food waste from Swedish retail stores
New Food waste course
If you are interested in food waste-related issues, there is an opportunity to learn more this autumn in the new course “Food waste – current situation and future opportunities.” held at SLU in Uppsala. The course starts in August and will revolve around topics covered in the new Routledge Handbook of Food waste that will also act as the… Continue reading New Food waste course