{"id":45001,"date":"2018-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cec.org\/publications\/characterization-and-management-of-food-loss-and-waste-in-north-america\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T20:51:42","slug":"characterization-and-management-of-food-loss-and-waste-in-north-america-2","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.cec.org\/fr\/publications\/characterization-and-management-of-food-loss-and-waste-in-north-america-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) established the North American Initiative on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery as part of its \u00c9conomie verte and Changements climatiques portfolios. This report seeks to enhance the North American capacity to reduce disposal of food waste in the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector. It proposes comprehensive strategies to address source reduction of FLW, and for food rescue and recovery, at all stages of the food supply chain\u2014from postharvest food production, processing and distribution, to consumer-facing foodservice and retail sectors. Following an analysis of the current state, causes and impacts of FLW in North America, this report identifies opportunities to reduce FLW through source reduction, and food rescue or recovery of surplus food. Estimates of FLW quantities, along with associated environmental and socio-economic impacts, are also provided. The analysis, oportunities and suggestions presented in this report are a useful reference for the ICI sector, governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as they develop policies, strategies and initiatives to address FLW in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in Canada, Mexico and the United States, where close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted\u2014across the food supply chain, including in pre-harvest and consumer sectors\u2014each year. Food waste in landfills is a significant source of methane gas\u2014a greenhouse gas (GHG) 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide. FLW also has environmental and socio-economic impacts, including: the inefficient use of natural resources; economic loss; biodiversity loss; and public health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38516,"template":"","class_list":["post-45001","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","document_type-publication-de-projet","document_theme-changements-climatiques","document_theme-modes-de-vie-et-economies-durables"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cec.org\/fr\/publications\/characterization-and-management-of-food-loss-and-waste-in-north-america-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in Canada, Mexico and the United States, where close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted\u2014across the food supply chain, including in pre-harvest and consumer sectors\u2014each year. 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