Sentences with phrase «proportion of food waste»

Evidently, the household supply chain segment accounts for the largest proportion of food waste in most developed countries.

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Whilst the food industry itself is responsible for only a proportion of this waste, it's believed that poor or damaged packaging is a notable contributor.

It has made Denmark one of the countries in the EU with the highest proportion of supermarket chains focusing on food waste in the EU.

The study, which focused on bears that had learned to eat human food or food waste, found that the proportion of human foods in their diets decreased by about 63 percent after the new strategies were implemented.

Researchers found that although less food was wasted when recess was held before lunch, children consumed a greater proportion of vegetables when recess was offered after lunch.

Although less food was wasted when recess was held before lunch, children consumed a greater proportion of vegetables when lunch was offered before recess.

If these items make up a larger proportion of your waste then you would be better to look at the three systems that can accept these sorts of food waste; Green Johanna, Green Cone and Bokashi.

He said: «Food waste makes up a significant proportion of the household waste we throw out each week, with over 70 % of the food waste dumped in landfills coming from househoFood waste makes up a significant proportion of the household waste we throw out each week, with over 70 % of the food waste dumped in landfills coming from househofood waste dumped in landfills coming from households.

One reason for the waste is simply that in prospering countries, as food costs have become an ever smaller proportion of total household budgets, the amount of discarded food has ballooned, according to a recent article by Andrew Martin.

Commercial SSO waste streams are likely to contain a high proportion of soiled paper waste compared to food waste; however, on a weight basis it would be expected that the fraction of food waste is higher due to the fact that food waste is very high in moisture, whereas paper material would be much less dense with a lower moisture content.

In Britain, a survey found that waste from McDonald's makes up the largest proportion of fast food litter on the streets (29 percent compared to Subway's 5 percent and KFC's 8 percent).