Author:Ramukhwatho, FR; Du Plessis, R; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2016Food waste is generated throughout the supply chain including at household level. Household waste contains a fairly large percentage of food in developing countries. This study assesses household food wastage in five selected areas in the ...Read more
Author:Ramukhwatho, FR; Du Plessis, R; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2014In many developing countries, including those with food shortages a large portion of household waste is estimated to be food. This paper reports on findings of a research study conducted in one of South Africa’s largest townships (Mamelodi) ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Marx Pienaar, NDate:Oct 2016Municipal waste composition studies globally have indicated that significant amounts of food is wasted and disposed while there is potentially significant opportunity to prevent food wastage at household level (Lebersorger and Schneider, ...Read more