Recycling of Food Waste in Tsuen Wan A. Introduction From the Environmental Protection Department‚ 3584 tonnes of food waste are produced in Hong Kong everyday and it fill up all the landfills in Hong King. To reduce food waste‚ the government propose recycling of food waste. The following report will analyse the opinions on whether the government should carry out recycling of food waste in Tsuen Wan. Food waste is defined as uneaten food and food preparation wastes from residences
Premium Recycling Environmentalism Waste
Food waste or food loss is food material that is discarded or unable to be used. Various political organizations and entities have their own definition of what constitutes food waste. The causes of wasted food are numerous‚ and occur at the stages of production‚ processing‚ and retailing. As of 2011‚ 1.3 billion tons of food‚ about one third of the global food production‚ is lost or wasted annually. Loss and wastage occurs on all steps in the food supply chain. In low-income countries‚ most loss
Premium Agriculture Waste Food
Studies Research-Based Expository Essay Food Waste Problem in Hong Kong: The current situation and the possible solutions Introduction Renowned as the Food Paradise‚ people all over the world come to Hong Kong for the food here. This definitely creates lots of economics benefits for Hong Kong. Nevertheless‚ this makes the problem of food waste ever more serious. As mentioned by the Environmental Protection Department‚ “In recent years‚ the amount of food waste arising from the C&I sectors has increased
Premium Waste Recycling Waste management
The Community Food Assessment Project was designed by the Faculty of Land and Food System in the University of British Columbia. The general focus of this project series is to address food related issues in different communities within British Columbia; therefore‚ more research and actions can be taken to improve these concerns. For the Agriculture Sciences 350 course in UBC‚ students take part in the project to help investigate various areas and research on plausible actions to polish the communities
Premium Waste management Anaerobic digestion Recycling
FOOD WASTE Fresh vegetables‚ ready-to-cook meals‚ and cheap meat is what a modern consumer’s supposed grocery list comprises of! Dump it all into your fridge full of deals‚ discount offers and feel happy. This is how the shop keeper gets a loyal customer. At the end o the story‚ it’s the food industry’s creed that the customer is always right….. If food became it s own pungent country‚ it would be the world’s third biggest contributor to climatic changes. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture
Premium Waste Supermarket Food
Stop Wasting Food Remember what our grandmas always used to tell us: Do not waste food; think of all the hungry children in Africa. At my recent TEDx talk‚ I mentioned that global food waste could feed every starving child‚ man and woman on this planet – three times over in fact! Here is some food for thought: A global shame Globally‚ human beings produce enough food waste to feed 3 billion people: over 30% of the world’s food supply is wasted. The annual food waste in Italy could feed
Premium United Nations Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
POTENTIAL TARGET FOR HIV ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ABSTRACT HIV was discovered to be a life threatening disease in 1983‚ since then scientist have been progressively trying to develop antiretroviral therapy. Many drugs have been introduced to fight against HIV‚ but each of the drug have some level of toxicity or drug resistance to it‚ Which is why novel targets have been identified that can serve as antiretroviral therapy. Potential targets are explored from all the stages in HIV life cycle here
Premium HIV AIDS
_______________________ | 1. Describe your Idea (Max. 400 words) Hunger and insufficient food supply as well as food wastage is one of the issues persisting in the city of Mumbai. Food wastage reduces the annual food output of the country. Inadequate food storage arrangements also result in the wastage of food. The City can prevent the wastages at some levels in considerable manner by food donation for the poor. Food Donation is the main idea of our project idea. The University of Mumbai has many colleges
Premium Mumbai Maharashtra Poverty
magnitude of food waste is a pressing problem‚ which causes harm to the economy and the environment. In the United States‚ nearly 40% of food gets thrown away. This is primarily due to the ignorance of the consumers and the distributors with regards to food waste. Consumers should be mindful about the amount and kind of food they purchase while distributors should be careful not to overstock the shelves (Food Waste: The Facts‚ n.d.). Consumers should be more mindful about throwing away food just because
Premium Grocery store Safeway Inc. Supermarket
Many organizations within the United States believe that America has been struck with a "trash crisis"‚ however‚ this is not truly case from the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facts for 2010. Before‚ we start let us take a moment to discuss what trash or municipal solid waste (MSW) is. MSW is the collection of commonly used items that discarded by the general populace‚ many of these include packaging‚ food scraps‚ grass clippings‚ sofas‚ computers‚ tires and house appliances (EPA).
Premium Waste Recycling Waste management