Getting to the bottom of food waste: identifying obstacles to effective circular economy practices in a Thai semi-urban context

Rado, Istvan

doi:10.1007/s10163-021-01347-9

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“…In the second case, studies evaluate if the creation of new processes within a productive cycle could lead to more impacts than benefits. They mainly use LCA as the main tool to validate their findings: some of them evaluate the entire chain and others only parts of them [59,81,82].…”

Section: Loopmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in the Food Chain: Production, Processing and Waste Management

Gonçalves

Máximo

2022

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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Food processing, from agricultural production to domestic consumption, is responsible for generating great amounts of waste per year, resulting in soil, water, and air pollution. These pollutants, together with the uses of petrochemical process inputs such as solvents, additives, or fuels, increase the food chain’s environment impacts resulting in wasted resources. In response to this scenario, the circular economy (CE) theory is presented in literature as a liable alternative for the design of more sustainable production chains. In this context, this work was aimed at evaluating the literature’s approach on the CE concept within the food processing and food waste management. The works show the centrality of “food waste” as a focus for the application of the CE. However, despite the relevance of management, reuse, or valuation of food waste, particularly due to its contribution to carbon footprint and decrease of food safety, studies have found other strategies for improvement of CE in the food chain. In this case, works in literature were allocated within the framework presented by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation called ReSOLVE, with proposals for modification of production chain to promote the CE. Among the proposals, one should highlight: modification of productive systems for mitigation of environmental impacts and greenhouse emissions, processes optimization for decreasing the use of natural resources and wastes, use of 4.0 Industry such as IoT, big data, or machine learning techniques for improvement of the whole supply chain, development of collaborative platforms for production and market, use of residues or co-products by design of intra- or inter-chain loops, and exchange of process or inputs with high environmental impacts for greener ones.

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Section: Loopmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in the Food Chain: Production, Processing and Waste Management

Gonçalves

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2022

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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“…However, initiatives must be locally appropriate. A recent Bangkok study found that composting workshops were impractical as they focused on using bottomless bins, despite the areas in the target communities being paved (Rado, 2022). The lack of financial incentive for households to compost presents another barrier.…”

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Household Waste and the Circular Economy in Bangkok

Pottinger-Glass¹,

Vanhuyse²,

Asvanon³

et al. 2022

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This study underscored the importance of waste as a resource that supports the livelihoods of many urban stakeholders in Bangkok. Examining drivers of household behaviour provides important insights into how to promote more sustainable behaviour. However, possibilities for individual behaviour change are constrained by factors including societal norms, lack of easy opportunities and lack of incentives. Policymakers have a leading role to play in piloting more efficient and circular waste structures, regulating industry and creating an enabling environment for sustainable behaviour, while ensuring that no one is left behind.

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“…So far, waste management is still conventional, namely collecting and transporting it directly to the TPA and not implementing optimal waste segregation (Aslam et al, 2022;Kovalenko et al, 2022), burning waste or throwing garbage anywhere, which causes accumulation of waste in various locations. (Rado, 2022). Waste mismanagement occurs due to education level, economic problems, lifestyle, weak regulatory system, and weak supervision of environmental management (Sulistyaningsih, 2022).…”

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“…Organic waste, in particular, has been processed by several communities into organic fertilizer, but such processing has yet to become a massive movement; besides that, several types of an-organic waste can be recycled into equipment that can be used in the agricultural sector. This research focuses on management at the household level so that households can reduce waste as one of the most significant contributors to waste (Grishaeva et al, 2022;Rado, 2022). So far, community participation in waste management is still relatively low due to ignorance of the importance of protecting the environment and the effect of waste on environmental damage (Sulistyaningsih, 2022), and the public has the perception that waste management is the responsibility of the government (Chikowore, 2022;.…”

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Analysis of community participation in waste management that supports the agricultural sector in Takalar

Syamsari¹,

Ramaditya²,

Muditomo³

et al. 2023

IJRBS

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An increase in population with various activities and lifestyles of a community has an impact on increasing volume, type, and characteristics of waste. The increase in the amount of waste needs to be balanced with the government and the ability to manage waste, so it is necessary to involve the community. This study aims to measure community participation in managing household waste that will support the agricultural sector. This study was carried out in Takalar Regency because Takalar is one of Indonesia’s regencies that has been successfully awarded the Community-Based Total Sanitation (STBM) from the Indonesian Ministry of Health and the Sustainable STBM Award in waste management. The method used in this study was a descriptive analysis of questionnaire data which was filled by 1011 villages of Takalar Regency. The study found that most of the Takalar citizens have participated in the waste management program initiated by the government of Takalar Regency. However, only a small number of residents process waste into products that support the agricultural sector. This research provides implications for evaluating program effectiveness and finding opportunities for further improvement in regulations.

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Getting to the bottom of food waste: identifying obstacles to effective circular economy practices in a Thai semi-urban context

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Circular Economy in the Food Chain: Production, Processing and Waste Management

Circular Economy in the Food Chain: Production, Processing and Waste Management

Household Waste and the Circular Economy in Bangkok

Analysis of community participation in waste management that supports the agricultural sector in Takalar

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