Last modified: 2014-09-11
Abstract
continuously over time, it is necessary to produce data within a robust
methodological framework based on consistent definitions of food waste,
and its components, and consistent system boundaries of the food supply
chain. In this work, carried out within the FP7-project FUSIONS, a
literature review has been carried out to understand what definitions of food
waste; system boundaries of the food supply chain and methodological
approaches are commonly used in studies quantifying food waste. Based on
the critique a systematic concept on how to address food waste has been
suggested.
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