Food Waste Management Scoping Study U.s. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery April
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To support municipal solid waste (MSW) characterization efforts, EPA conducted a scoping study on food waste and the methods by which they are managed. The end-of-life sustainable food management (SFM) techniques presented in this scoping study include practices currently used as well as emerging technologies. While the research did not result in much quantifiable data, this study provides summaries of the following SFM techniques:
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