Preamble
Globally speaking, food waste occurs all over. It occurs where food is in abundance and where food is scarce. From production to supply to consumption, the food industry experiences a lot of waste that needs to be controlled. This allows for food security, food reach to all corners of the globe and food waste is properly managed in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.
A company like Vonvil Junk is in the high ranks among the lead parties to ascertain food waste management is done effectively and efficiently so that minimal waste is produced. If there is any waste, it is in the power of these stakeholders to ensure that the waste food is minimal and is channeled using the proper procedures to the places where they serve the best purpose in the recycling chain.
Food waste management and the food recovery hierarchy
In order to properly manage food waste, it is advisable to follow the food recovery hierarchy. Vonvil Junk is actively advocating for this consideration in its strategies where mitigation to curb the prevalent issue of too much wasted food is done. This occurs in areas of service and jurisdiction, mainly London and parts of Northern England.
Their main drive or goal concerning food, as with other products is to ensure that it is produced in the appropriate and exact volume to minimize waste. This is the best solution to all waste and recycling problems but more often than not it is impractical. Food will always be produced in excess or in inadequate amounts. Hence waste will always be there.
The waste from food is properly handled and reduced using the top tier level of the food recovery hierarchy where the surplus food is used to feed those in the society who lack it. This ensures that waste food is reduced since the surplus is utilized positively, to cater for the less privileged.
Waste food is reduced when the surplus food and food by products that are not edible get incorporated into animal feeds and hence promote agriculture. Food scraps are diverted to become edibles for the animals. This reduces food wastage and it is for a good agricultural cause.
Food, its contents and by products can be incorporated in industrial processes. It is therefore advisable to use surplus content from food production in the industries for increase in manufacturing. These could be products such as oils for fuel production which results in energy creation for the industrial processes. Companies like Vonvil Junk are involved in this and supply these products to the relevant industries.
Composting also reduces waste food. This process actually provides the nutrients required to produce more food. Manure results from waste food that is applied to soils for enrichment and growth of new food crops. Hence recycling and revitalizing the agricultural sector.
Finally, on the hierarchy, the worst possible road to take but still an option to manage waste food is the landfills. This entails disposal of surplus and waste food to areas referred to as landfills. These areas tend to smell and attract rodents and bacteria. Some landfills are incinerated to efficiently dispose the waste. This is the last resort to food waste management and does not offer any product recycling.