Food Waste

The transport of waste material from one nation to the other has been a successful business since it was first initiated. Developed countries found ways to take advantage of this trade, by getting rid of their toxic waste into developing countries. This incident took place on August 19th, 2006. In the middle of the night,…

Any student of economics encounters, at a very early stage, the concept of international trade, as a shaper of today’s globalized world, positively advocated by most of the academics and global leaders, as a source of economic and social development. The global flow of goods and services, factories of production and ideas, has been modeled…

Recently, there has been an on-growing interest in adding fruit and vegetable waste in food for improvement of its sensory characteristics, health properties and increasing of bioactive compounds. Fruit and vegetable waste have been used in the production of functional foods for their nutraceutical properties (Majerska et al., 2019). There are many new functional food…

Limerick City and County Council is responsible for the prevention and control of litter and has the power to take enforcement action (LCCC, 2019-2022). The council is also responsible for cleansing programmes and the provision and servicing of litter bins in towns and villages while keeping public places free of litter (LCCC, 2019-2022). Limerick City…

Food miles are the distance between when food is produced and when it is delivered to consumers. Food miles are a factor in assessing food’s environmental impact, including the impact of global warming. [1] bananas, apples, citrus fruits and grapes are traded around the world. Latin America is the world’s leading exporter. China is a…

The increasing industrial growth in several countries is placing high environmental costs despite their sustained economic development. With the enormous amount of pollution being generated, several industries have vowed to pursue prevention by taking a proactive approach towards reducing (or eliminating) pollution as part of their environmental responsibility commitment. The Kingdom of Thailand, which houses…