Food Waste in the Organic Recycling System and Sustainable Development
Joanna Kostecka
jkostecka@ur.edu.plDepartment of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland (Poland)
Mariola Garczyńska
Department of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland (Poland)
Grzegorz Pączka
Department of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland (Poland)
Abstract
According to the FAO report, nearly one-third of products manufactured for food purposes is wasted every year (1.3 billion tons per year) in the world. That is of great importance for all the aspects of sustainable development: natural, social and economic. More educational actions should be introduced in order to avoid and minimize the household organic waste. When it cannot be avoided, those who produced it – average consumers, but at the same time very important elements of the sustainable system of waste management, shall recognize food leftovers as a raw material for organic recycling. They should be composted, that results from a constant need of nutrient supplementation in soils of Europe.
The aim of this study was to bring attention to the importance of activities concerning the organic waste segregation by each citizen. In the study, three possible methods of management were proposed (co-creation of food sharing, conducting earthworm ecological boxes and simply segregation of kitchen organic waste according to the currently effective law), every one of which becomes a part of building strategically explained waste management organization.
Keywords:
waste management, food waste, segregation, food sharing, earthworm ecological boxReferences
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Joanna Kosteckajkostecka@ur.edu.pl
Department of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland Poland
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Mariola GarczyńskaDepartment of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland Poland
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Grzegorz PączkaDepartment of Biological Basis of Agriculture and Environmetal Education, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, M. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 25-601 Rzeszów, Poland Poland
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