Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan
Growing concern about circular bioeconomy and sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the valorization of food waste has raised public awareness since 2015. Therefore, the present study focused on the promotion policies and regulatory measures for the valorization of mandatory recyclable food waste...
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| description | Growing concern about circular bioeconomy and sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the valorization of food waste has raised public awareness since 2015. Therefore, the present study focused on the promotion policies and regulatory measures for the valorization of mandatory recyclable food waste from industrial sources in Taiwan, including the animal/plant production farms and food-processing plants. According to the official data on the annual statistics during the period of 2015–2019, it showed that the food waste from alcoholic beverage manufacturers (i.e., lees, dregs, or alcohol mash) and oyster farms (i.e., waste oyster shell) accounted for about half (about 250,000 metric ton) of industrial food waste generation in Taiwan. In order to effectively reduce the burdens on incinerators/landfills and their environmental impacts, the central governing agencies jointly promulgated some regulatory measures for promoting the production of biobased products from the industrial food waste valorization like animal feed, soil fertilizer, and bioenergy. These relevant acts include the Waste Management Act, the Fertilizer Management Act, the Feed Management Act, and the Renewable Energy Development Act. In addition, an official plan for building the food waste bioenergy plants at local governments via anaerobic digestion process, which was estimated to be completed by 2024, was addressed as a case study to discuss their environmental and economic benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6070fb889fa14b79980c0cb119857a562023-11-21T14:16:23ZengMDPI AGFermentation2311-56372021-04-01725110.3390/fermentation7020051Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in TaiwanWen-Tien Tsai0Yu-Quan Lin1Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, TaiwanGrowing concern about circular bioeconomy and sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the valorization of food waste has raised public awareness since 2015. Therefore, the present study focused on the promotion policies and regulatory measures for the valorization of mandatory recyclable food waste from industrial sources in Taiwan, including the animal/plant production farms and food-processing plants. According to the official data on the annual statistics during the period of 2015–2019, it showed that the food waste from alcoholic beverage manufacturers (i.e., lees, dregs, or alcohol mash) and oyster farms (i.e., waste oyster shell) accounted for about half (about 250,000 metric ton) of industrial food waste generation in Taiwan. In order to effectively reduce the burdens on incinerators/landfills and their environmental impacts, the central governing agencies jointly promulgated some regulatory measures for promoting the production of biobased products from the industrial food waste valorization like animal feed, soil fertilizer, and bioenergy. These relevant acts include the Waste Management Act, the Fertilizer Management Act, the Feed Management Act, and the Renewable Energy Development Act. In addition, an official plan for building the food waste bioenergy plants at local governments via anaerobic digestion process, which was estimated to be completed by 2024, was addressed as a case study to discuss their environmental and economic benefits.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/7/2/51industrial food wastevalorizationbiorefinerybioenergybiobased materialspromotion policy |
| spellingShingle | Wen-Tien Tsai Yu-Quan Lin Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan Fermentation industrial food waste valorization biorefinery bioenergy biobased materials promotion policy |
| title | Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan |
| title_full | Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan |
| title_short | Analysis of Promotion Policies for the Valorization of Food Waste from Industrial Sources in Taiwan |
| title_sort | analysis of promotion policies for the valorization of food waste from industrial sources in taiwan |
| topic | industrial food waste valorization biorefinery bioenergy biobased materials promotion policy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/7/2/51 |
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