The Food We Waste—Material and Ethical Issues in Geography

Abstract

Global food supply has for a long time been regarded as only a problem of food production. Since the turn of the century, however, other aspects have entered the debate, such as improving food quality, changing eating habits and avoiding food waste. The latter topic has become the subject of attention for the past 10 years and the interest in it has steadily grown. This paper focuses on food waste within the overall context. Apart from the purely quantitative (material) aspects, it draws our attention to the immaterial side of waste, which has to do with our value system. It hopes to sharpen our minds towards a responsible way of dealing with resources.

Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Comparative Scenarios and Public Policy Perspectives from Some Latin American Countries Regarding Biogas from Agriculture and Livestock

“…Sustainable urbanization requires, among others, that cities expand the necessary infrastructure for water and energy, preserve the natural assets within the city and surrounding areas, and manage the increasing amount of wastes. Leimgruber [6] affirms that "waste has developed into a major predicament because of the many problems associated with it: area needed for landfills, risks to groundwater, air pollution from incinerators and difficulty of finding final dumps for cinders without harm to the environment and human health".…”