OBJECTIVE Community kitchens have been implemented by communities as a public health strategy to prevent food insecurity through reducing social isolation, improving food and cooking skills and empowering participants. The aim of the present paper was to investigate whether community kitchens can improve the social and nutritional health of participants and their families. DESIGN A systematic...

OBJECTIVE To measure the effect of organic food conversion projects on the percentage of organic food used in Danish public kitchens participating in the Danish Organic Action Plan 2020. DESIGN The current longitudinal study was based on measurements of organic food percentages in Danish public kitchens before and after kitchen employees participated in conversion projects. SETTING Public k...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to develop a validated and reliable questionnaire to measure consumer knowledge regarding safe practices to prevent microbiological contamination in restaurants and commercial kitchens. METHODS Non-probabilistic samples of individuals were interviewed in the city of Campinas, Brazil. Questionnaire items were elaborated and reviewed. Content and constr...

The influence of biochars on water retention, mitigating nutrient leaching, and pollutant removal in green infrastructure has been explored the past. However, there is a lack understanding how feedstock (i.e., biomass) would affect biochar physicochemical properties hence, overall erosion control (including infiltration, surface, sub-surface runoff) infrastructure. main purpose this study was t...

Abstract In this study, we demonstrate that the addition of earthworm castings (EC) in kitchen waste composting reduces ammonia and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions improves compost maturity. Kitchen (KW) was mixed with sawdust at a ratio 7:3 as stock. Four treatments different proportions EC added (0%, 2.5%, 5.0%, 7.5% on basis initial mass) were designed utilized process lasting 85 days. The re...

The surge in kitchen waste production is causing food-borne disease epidemics and a public health threat worldwide. Additionally, the effectiveness of conventional treatment approaches may be hampered by KW’s high moisture, salt, oil content. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) promising new technology to convert biomass into environmentally beneficial derivatives. This study used simulated KW det...

It is expected that due to the new European Union regulation focus on waste management, managing kitchen will become more important in future, especially households. Therefore, it crucial develop user-friendly and odour-free containers store waste. The study aimed test effectiveness of composts’ biochar reducing noxious odours volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released during storage. Various a...