Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries

The world is producing enough food to feed the world’s entire population. Yet almost one billion people go hungry. Another billion are malnourished, lacking the essential micronutrients they need to lead healthy lives. One billion adults are overweight of which almost half a billion are obese, and...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Tokareva, Aija Eglīte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2015-12-01
Series:Socialiniai Tyrimai
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/social-research/article/view/23022
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description The world is producing enough food to feed the world’s entire population. Yet almost one billion people go hungry. Another billion are malnourished, lacking the essential micronutrients they need to lead healthy lives. One billion adults are overweight of which almost half a billion are obese, and can easily waste the food they have. But even if the amounts of wasted food are significant, most industrialized countries are only at the beginning on the road to food waste reduction. Since in some countries, glass, paper or cardboard recycling is not well established, it is another level of confusion how to get people think about waste sorting or organic waste. This paper aims at identifying how differently industrialized countries deal with food waste and analyze which method is more successful when it comes to food waste reduction.
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spelling doaj.art-f88a6ffc166b4493a8c47b4541535bc82022-12-21T19:05:29ZengVilnius University PressSocialiniai Tyrimai2351-67122015-12-0138210.15388/ST.2015.23022Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized CountriesTatjana Tokareva0Aija Eglīte1Latvia University of AgricultureLatvia University of Agriculture The world is producing enough food to feed the world’s entire population. Yet almost one billion people go hungry. Another billion are malnourished, lacking the essential micronutrients they need to lead healthy lives. One billion adults are overweight of which almost half a billion are obese, and can easily waste the food they have. But even if the amounts of wasted food are significant, most industrialized countries are only at the beginning on the road to food waste reduction. Since in some countries, glass, paper or cardboard recycling is not well established, it is another level of confusion how to get people think about waste sorting or organic waste. This paper aims at identifying how differently industrialized countries deal with food waste and analyze which method is more successful when it comes to food waste reduction. https://www.journals.vu.lt/social-research/article/view/23022recyclingfood donationlegislationwastelandfillJapan
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Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries
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food donation
legislation
waste
landfill
Japan
title Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries
title_full Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries
title_fullStr Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries
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title_short Legislation on Food Waste Prevention: Overview of Practices in Industrialized Countries
title_sort legislation on food waste prevention overview of practices in industrialized countries
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food donation
legislation
waste
landfill
Japan
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