Food Loss and Waste Reduction - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 177188939X ISBN 13 : 9781771889391

Editeur : Apple Academic Press, 2021

Synopsis

Focusing on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food loss at the level of consumer society, this volume provides an in-depth, research-based overview of this multifaceted problem. Food Loss and Waste Reduction: Technical Solutions for Cleaner Production considers the myriad environmental, economic, social, and ethical factors associated with enormous amount of food waste, which also ends up wasting water, air, electricity, and fuel, which are necessary for food processing.

This book uniquely examines the social and cultural views of food waste management, shedding new light on the topic by emphasizing the consumer/household perspective throughout. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, the book presents philosophical reflections, practical examples and case studies, and potential solutions to the problem of increasing food waste.

The special feature of the book is that it covers different developments made right from the basic technologies generated for waste management to recent advancements and future areas of research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laxmikant S. Badwaik, PhD

, is Associate Professor of the Department of Food Engineering and Technology at Tezpur University, Assam, India.

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD

, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico.

A. K. Haghi, PhD

, is the author and editor of 165 books, as well as 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Focusing on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food loss at the level of consumer society, this volume provides an in-depth, research-based overview of this multifaceted problem. It considers the myriad environmental, economic, social, and ethical factors associated with the enormous amount of food waste, which also end up wasting water, air, electricity, and fuel, which are necessary for food processing. This book uniquely examines the social and cultural views of food waste management, shedding new light on the topic by emphasizing the consumer/household perspective throughout. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, the book presents philosophical reflections, practical examples and case studies, and potential solutions to the problem of increasing food waste.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Apple Academic Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 177188939X
• ISBN 13: 9781771889391
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 275
• Éditeur: Badwaik Laxmikant S. Ph.D., Aguilar Cristobal No Ph.D., Haghi A. K. Ph.D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible