The role food waste can play to help mitigate agricultural soil quality losses is maybe
not yet widely enough discussed but it is a key to ensure future food supply and input
into the bio-economy. Lastly, using food waste as input into food substitute production is a promising technology for the future allowing to reduce pressures on the
environment caused by food production. Overall, the presentations and discussions
showed the multi-facetted nature of food waste management highlighting that a
range of measures by many stakeholders are required to move towards a circular
economy society. All of these will require changes in society, in the way we produce
and consume food and how we best utilise generated side flows.
Acknowledgements This session was proposed based on work carried out in REFRESH project:
‘Resource Efficient Food and Drink for Entire Supply Chain’. REFRESH is funded by the Horizon
2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement no. 641933 (http://
www.eu-refresh.org).
Moreover, we want to express our honour and gratitude to His Royal Highness Prince Louis of
Luxembourg who attended and contributed to this session.
References
1. European Commission, Closing loop—An EU action plan Circular Economy, Communication
from the Commission to the European parliament, the Council, the European economic and
social committee and the committee of the regions, C.O.M. 0614, 2015.
2. Scherhaufer S, Moates G, Hartikainen H, Waldron K, Obersteiner G, Environmental impacts of
food waste in Europe. Journal of Waste Management. Submitted.
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Market Opportunities for STAR Biogas
Recovery Systems at U.S. Livestock Facilities, 2011.
4. Smetana S, Palanisamy M, Mathys A, Heinz V, Sustainability of insect use for feed and food:
life cycle assessment perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 137, 741–751.
5. Smetana S, Sandmann M, Rohn S, Pleissner D, Heinz V, Autotrophic and heterotrophic
microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation for food and feed: Life Cycle Assessment.
Bioresource Technology, 2017, in press.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
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not yet widely enough discussed but it is a key to ensure future food supply and input
into the bio-economy. Lastly, using food waste as input into food substitute production is a promising technology for the future allowing to reduce pressures on the
environment caused by food production. Overall, the presentations and discussions
showed the multi-facetted nature of food waste management highlighting that a
range of measures by many stakeholders are required to move towards a circular
economy society. All of these will require changes in society, in the way we produce
and consume food and how we best utilise generated side flows.
Acknowledgements This session was proposed based on work carried out in REFRESH project:
‘Resource Efficient Food and Drink for Entire Supply Chain’. REFRESH is funded by the Horizon
2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement no. 641933 (http://
www.eu-refresh.org).
Moreover, we want to express our honour and gratitude to His Royal Highness Prince Louis of
Luxembourg who attended and contributed to this session.
References
1. European Commission, Closing loop—An EU action plan Circular Economy, Communication
from the Commission to the European parliament, the Council, the European economic and
social committee and the committee of the regions, C.O.M. 0614, 2015.
2. Scherhaufer S, Moates G, Hartikainen H, Waldron K, Obersteiner G, Environmental impacts of
food waste in Europe. Journal of Waste Management. Submitted.
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Market Opportunities for STAR Biogas
Recovery Systems at U.S. Livestock Facilities, 2011.
4. Smetana S, Palanisamy M, Mathys A, Heinz V, Sustainability of insect use for feed and food:
life cycle assessment perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 137, 741–751.
5. Smetana S, Sandmann M, Rohn S, Pleissner D, Heinz V, Autotrophic and heterotrophic
microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation for food and feed: Life Cycle Assessment.
Bioresource Technology, 2017, in press.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
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