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Project Details
Description
How can we improve food recycling and management of its waste? This project aimed at improving understandings about food and its waste in the Royal Holloway University campus in Egham. Through food audits, interviews and some systems thinking modelling, we were able to capture a circular economy existing process and envision a future scenario which could help the university articulate existing policies and strategies towards meeting its zero waste targets.
Layman's description
How can we improve food recycling and management of its waste? This project aimed at improving understandings about food and its waste in the Royal Holloway University campus in Egham. Through food audits, interviews and some systems thinking modelling, we were able to capture a circular economy existing process and envision a future scenario which could help the university articulate existing policies and strategies towards meeting its zero waste targets.
Key findings
-Food is wasted in student residences, due to several reasons including bulk buying and lack of understanding of the importance of food recycling
-There are initiatives to improve food consumption and recycling
-These initiatives, and people working in them, could increase their collaborations
-Anaerobic digestion is a valuable technology that needs better understanding by stakeholders if it is to help improve food recycling and learning
-There are initiatives to improve food consumption and recycling
-These initiatives, and people working in them, could increase their collaborations
-Anaerobic digestion is a valuable technology that needs better understanding by stakeholders if it is to help improve food recycling and learning
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/09/22 → 31/05/23 |
Funding
- Biotechnology&BioSci Research BBSRC: £4,950.00
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- food
- Systems Thinking
- behaviour change
- anaerobic digestion
- modelling
- students
Research output
- 1 Article
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A critical review for the impact of anaerobic digestion on the sustainable development goals
Piadeh, F., Ofie, I., Behzadian, K., Rizzuto, J., Bywater, A., Córdoba-Pachón, J-R. & Walker, M., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 349, 119458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Other
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Somebody's food - project presentation
José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón (Organiser)
25 May 2023Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Other
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