Environmental and health impacts of using food waste as animal feed: a comparative analysis of food waste management options.

ABSTRACT: The disposal of food waste is a large environmental problem. In the United Kingdom (UK), approximately 15 million tonnes of food are wasted each year, mostly disposed of in landfill, via composting, or anaerobic digestion (AD). European Union (EU) guidelines state that food waste should preferentially be used as animal feed though for most food waste this practice is currently illegal, because of disease control concerns. Interest in the potential diversion of food waste for animal feed is however growing, with a number of East Asian states offering working examples of safe food waste recycling - based on tight regulation and rendering food waste safe through heat treatment. This study investigates the potential benefits of diverting food waste for pig feed in the UK. A hybrid, consequenti

SUBMITTER: Salemdeeb R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5127519 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature