Abstract

The aim of this study was to test if, and how, a retail meat waste prevention measure could work in reality. A retail store cooperated, by selling meat that otherwise would be wasted, with a catering company that purchased and used the meat for cooking. Together they managed to save 35 kg meat during 8 weeks in May-June 2012. The measure proved to work in reality and was estimated to have a large potential to save meat, if fully implemented in the whole retail sector. Freezing of the meat was a key success factor, for logistic reasons. Not all types of meat can be saved this way, due to current authority regulations of the food sector.

Keywords

food wastage; freezing; prevention measure

Published in

Title: Perspectives on managing life cycles – Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management
eISBN: 978-91-980973-5-1
Publisher: Chalmers University of Technology

Conference

6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, LCM 2013, 25-28 August 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden

SLU Authors

• Strid, Ingrid

  • Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Eriksson, Mattias

  • Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Other Environmental Engineering


Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/92354