The Household Use of Food Waste Disposal Units as a Waste Management Option: A Review

Food waste co-digestion with sewage sludge – Realising its potential in the UK

“…Food waste comprises the food wasted from residences, commercial establishments, institutions and other sources like factory cafeterias, canteens or lunchrooms, including unavoidable food waste from food preparation, food from poor preparation (under and over cooked) and food from refrigerator or freezer accidents (Iacovidou et al, 2012a). It is highly variable in nature and its characteristics in terms of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins differ considerably based on its components (Belitz et al, 2009;Carucci et al, 2005;Christ et al, 2000;Lu et al, 2008;Straka et al, 2007).…”

Municipal food waste management in Singapore: practices, challenges and recommendations

“…This waste collection method is too convenient and creates resistance in waste minimisation and recycling over years [30]. One of the possible solutions is the installation of FW disposal unit that grinds households FW with some flush water flowing along pipelines [31]. For private estates and shop houses, wastes are collected by door-to-door kerbside collection method.…”

“Can Food Waste Be Reduced? An Investigation into Food Waste Management in Hospitality Sector”

“…Knipe (2005) discusses that the serious environmental impact of wasted food is the creation of the dominant greenhouse gas methane. At the point when biodegradable material, for example, nourishment waste, garden waste and so forth debases without oxygen, as happens in a landfill circumstance, one of the by-items is methane (Iacovidou, et al, 2012). …”