Food Technology and Processing

Management of Food Waste

Food waste and loss is the major problem in our modern society.  Food-scrap recycling has many benefits. Food scraps can be used in composting, which enhance soil and reduces emissions of methane (a potent greenhouse gas) from landfills. It also reduces the volume of landfill needed in a given area. At the post-harvest stage and processing stage, there is a waste in each step of the transport, processing, storage and distribution stages. Hence the  food waste management has become a top most priority, by seeing these all the activities related to avoiding, reducing or recycling waste throughout the production and consumption chain Food Waste Management strategies includes Prevent and reduce food wastage at source, Redistribute unsold/excess food, Recycle/Treat food waste, Recover energy.