Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Food Loss and Waste in North America through Life Cycle-based Approaches - Executive Summary

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationNorth America Office
dc.coverage.spatialNorth America
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-09T19:54:12Z
dc.date.available2019-04-09T19:54:12Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThis document presents an executive summary of a collaboration between UN Environment North America and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that applies life cycle thinking to reduce food loss and waste across the North American supply chain. It explains that 30–40% of food available for consumption is lost, highlights reduction targets, and argues that prevention yields greater environmental benefit than end-of-life management because most impacts occur before disposal. The summary outlines how life cycle assessment can quantify impacts, compare management options, and guide policy, noting evidence that anaerobic digestion generally outperforms composting and landfilling. Case studies include Oregon’s prevention-focused strategy, Canadian manufacturing assessments by Provision Coalition, EPA’s WARM tool for emissions estimates, and entrepreneurial upcycling that valorizes otherwise wasted food within a circular approach.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27892
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number4 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectfood waste
dc.subjectlife cycle
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectinnovation
dc.subjectNorth America
dc.subjectFood Waste
dc.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero Hunger
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themeresources
dc.subject.themeresource efficiency
dc.titleWaste Not, Want Not: Reducing Food Loss and Waste in North America through Life Cycle-based Approaches - Executive Summaryen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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