Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions
Side-stream management in food processing companies has the potential to improve sustainability performance by upcycling or managing bio-residuals into high-value products. This article investigates how food processing companies manage their side-streams by studying their sustainability reports, int...
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| description | Side-stream management in food processing companies has the potential to improve sustainability performance by upcycling or managing bio-residuals into high-value products. This article investigates how food processing companies manage their side-streams by studying their sustainability reports, interviewing the companies, identifying external or internal side-stream management alternatives, and qualitatively analyzing the data. By learning more about how food processing companies prefer to manage their side-streams, it becomes easier to develop ideas for further refining of bio-residuals. One of the main results is that most of the companies prefer to use external actors for side-stream management and for processing them into high-value products, rather than developing and investing in the technology themselves. The few actors investing in side-stream management themselves have long-term strategies on how to become more sustainable and circular. This study also identifies biogas solutions through anaerobic digestion to have a special role in side-stream management due to its versatile and multifunctional nature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c3176c2c288457f879bb95a95a8f19c2023-05-25T04:57:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Food Science and Technology2674-11212023-05-01310.3389/frfst.2023.10736631073663Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutionsLinda HagmanSide-stream management in food processing companies has the potential to improve sustainability performance by upcycling or managing bio-residuals into high-value products. This article investigates how food processing companies manage their side-streams by studying their sustainability reports, interviewing the companies, identifying external or internal side-stream management alternatives, and qualitatively analyzing the data. By learning more about how food processing companies prefer to manage their side-streams, it becomes easier to develop ideas for further refining of bio-residuals. One of the main results is that most of the companies prefer to use external actors for side-stream management and for processing them into high-value products, rather than developing and investing in the technology themselves. The few actors investing in side-stream management themselves have long-term strategies on how to become more sustainable and circular. This study also identifies biogas solutions through anaerobic digestion to have a special role in side-stream management due to its versatile and multifunctional nature.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frfst.2023.1073663/fullnutrientsfood industryside-streambiogasmanagementcircularity |
| spellingShingle | Linda Hagman Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions Frontiers in Food Science and Technology nutrients food industry side-stream biogas management circularity |
| title | Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| title_full | Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| title_short | Sustainable side-stream management in Swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| title_sort | sustainable side stream management in swedish food processing companies using external actors and biogas solutions |
| topic | nutrients food industry side-stream biogas management circularity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frfst.2023.1073663/full |
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