Overview on Sustainability Criteria for Food Waste Bioproducts Management

Ever since the pandemic of Covid-19 crisis hit all over the world, many aspects of the economy have changed especially on the healthcare issues, solid and medical waste management, as well as our food system. For a developing country like Malaysia, even though during movement control order, food was...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 616; no. 1; pp. 12059 - 12063
Main Authors Ikhmal Haqeem Hassan, Mohd, Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Najiha Nasarullah, Lidya, Amira Sarani, Noor, Jannah Abdul Hamid, Nur, Nabila Huda Hashar, Nurul, Amiza Hashim, Azini, Fatin Nabila Hissham, Nur
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2020
Subjects
COVID-19
Developing countries
Food
Food availability
Food conversion
Food storage
Food waste
Households
LDCs
Medical wastes
Natural resources
Pandemics
Quality of life
Substrates
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable use
Waste management
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Summary:Ever since the pandemic of Covid-19 crisis hit all over the world, many aspects of the economy have changed especially on the healthcare issues, solid and medical waste management, as well as our food system. For a developing country like Malaysia, even though during movement control order, food wastage is not yet to be neglected. Some factors in households can influence food waste such as over shopping behaviour, panic buying that led to uneaten foods (leftovers) and household management practices such as poor planning and food storage problems. The increase in food wastage and collection generated every year will also lead to environmental pollution issues and natural resources. To overcome this issue, some researchers has been working to finding a sustainable approach to replace common practices for food waste management. Food waste will be used as industry substrates for production of valuable bioproducts and has achieved results in diversification applications and increased market demand for bioproducts. Therefore, this study discusses on current and available practices on food waste by converting it to bioproducts that enhance sustainable development. These productions is a new concept that is implemented to raise more attention to the efficient and sustainable use of resources, energy, and infrastructure to guarantee the life quality for human beings.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/616/1/012059