Author, Institution: Edgaras Stunžėnas, Kaunas University of Technology
Science area, field of science: Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004
Scientific Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irina Kliopova (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004)
Dissertation Defence Board of Environmental Engineering Science Field:
Prof. Dr. Žaneta Stasiškienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004) – chairperson
Prof. Dr. Gintaras Denafas (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004)
Dr. Andrius Plepys (Lund University, Sweden, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004)
Prof. Dr. Eglė Sendžikienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004)
Prof. Dr. Egidijus Šarauskis (Vytautas Magnus University, Technological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, T004)
The dissertation defence was at the Meeting room at Santaka Valley of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Baršausko 59 – A228, Kaunas).
The doctoral dissertation is available at the library of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio g. 20, Kaunas).
Annotation:
Food waste and food wastage are problems, which cannot leave global organizations’ agendas due to the environmental impact that they generate as well as the risks such problems pose to the future food supply. The scale of the food waste problem is not diminishing, and the demand for food grows along with the population, resulting in the tension in the entire supply chain and the waste management system. Finally, the true extent of the problem is revealed by analyzing it from a holistic perspective. Taking into account natural and technosphere resources, labor force, emissions, wastewater, and soils destroyed by the intensive farming, the problem results in significant environmental impact and jeopardized food security in the future. As the problem of food waste is complex and the environmental impact occurs at all points in the food supply chain, an approach to the food waste problem by extending system and territory boundaries is necessary. In order to reduce the risks and environmental impact of food waste, in this dissertation a tool based on the concept of industrial ecology is proposed, which would allow decision-makers at a regional level to choose individual solutions or a set of solutions for more optimal management of this waste. In summary, the dissertation proposes a decision support model for the optimal management of food waste streams at a regional level, which integrates methods of industrial ecological concept: from dematerialisation by applying cleaner production pollution prevention methods, to industrial symbiosis, interaction with the biosphere and energy system restructuration.
August 29 d. 09:00
Meeting room at Santaka Valley of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Baršausko 59 – A228, Kaunas)
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