Municipal Food Waste Management Options: Climate and Economic Impacts

This section summarizes and expounds on work performed in a 2012 study of sustainable food waste management alternatives published by the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF 2012). The study evaluated economic, environmental, social, and operational impacts associated with food waste managem...

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Published inSowing Seeds in the City pp. 107 - 123
Main Author Parry, David
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands
Subjects
Carbon Footprint
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Food Waste
Global Warming Potential
Municipal Solid Waste
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Summary:This section summarizes and expounds on work performed in a 2012 study of sustainable food waste management alternatives published by the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF 2012). The study evaluated economic, environmental, social, and operational impacts associated with food waste management options for a hypothetical community of 100,000 residents. The reader is referred to the original study for more detail on the assumptions and approach used in the evaluation described in this section. An additional option—de-centralized composting—is included below for the purposes of this publication.
ISBN:940177451X
9789401774512
DOI:10.1007/978-94-017-7453-6_7