Food Waste Management and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2024 | Viewed by 443
Special Issue Editor
Interests: green chemistry; food waste; waste valorisation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The issue of food waste has become an ever increasing topic of interest over the past decade. With a growing global population now reaching over 8 billion, the demand for food has also continued to rise. Unfortunately, as food production increases, so too does the volume of waste and byproducts from the supply chain. With current practices such as landfill, open air burning and leaving waste to rot contributing significantly towards GHG and air pollution issues, there is increasing pressure to deal with byproducts from the agriculture and food manufacturing sector more sustainably.
Notably, this has become incorporated into the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as Target 12.3—by 2030, reduce per capita the amount of food waste by half—though there are a number of other important developments that a reduction in avoidable food waste and the valorization of unavoidable food waste can contribute towards. These include (but are not limited to) the increased availability of nutritious food, an increased economic agricultural sector and the production of bio-based fuels, materials and chemicals without competing with arable land.
The scope of this Special Issue will therefore seek to bring together articles highlighting advances in methods for reducing avoidable food waste and valorizing unavoidable wastes with a focus on the contributions these practices make towards sustainable development.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Improving manufacturing efficiency.
- Advances in crop protection and productivity.
- The production of bio-based fuels, chemicals and materials.
- Reduction in spoilage through AI and technology.
- Systems-based approaches to establishing new manufacturing and processing hubs.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tom Dugmore
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food waste valorisation
- bio-based economy
- agrochemicals and technologies
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
