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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Waste Reduction"”.
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Closed loop supply chain waste reduction through predictive modelling and process analysis
… results represent a significant amount of wasted resources. This thesis is focused on identifying and realizing cost savings in the Fios supply chain through reduction in waste associated with unsuccessful shipments.
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Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction
… such as pollution, climate change, and food waste can be influenced by social attitudes and human behavior. Solutions to address environmental problems involve a series of actions by society and individuals, which can prove difficult to implement because changes induced by pro-environmental …
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Food waste reduction strategies for sustainable food security in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Food waste (FW) concern has recently received global considerable attention. Within the broad spectrum of waste types, food loss and waste are produced worldwide in large quantities. Religiosity is an important driver of moral intuitions and as such marketers would do well to consider the diverse …
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Perishable Food Waste Reduction Through Technological Implementation at the Retail Level of the Food Supply Chain
<p>Food waste has become a disaster of global proportion that the world can no longer turn a blind eye to. This paper aims to reduce food waste at the retail level of the food supply chain by recommending and quantifying the effects of current technology that can be implemented in traditional …
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Waste Reduction in Amazon Robotics Sortable High Velocity Fulfilment Using Six-Sigma and Product Design Methods
… or ARS-HVF is a program designed to mitigate waste generation associated with high velocity (high rate of sales over time) items’ fulfillment. Large variability in items’ velocities in the ARS network causes the existing process to generate waste when dealing with High-Velocity items. Three …
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A systematic exploration of waste to guide waste reduction and resource management in the British Virgin Islands
This dissertation investigates how waste in the BVI can be reduced. A phenomenological approach is taken to investigate this topic. Stemming from this a systems perspective is adopted and the grounded theory methodology used. The respective methods and tools are used to analyse quantitative and …
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Challenges facing agriculture : evaluation of the impact of AgTech, recommendations, and opportunity identification in food waste reduction
… to increase awareness on the magnitude of food waste and loss, and present opportunities associated with food waste reduction and prevention. Then, this work will briefly define AgTech, present its benefits, and evaluate its impact on the food production industry. Based on this evaluation, …
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Food Waste Reduction through Food Sharing Initiatives: The lived Experiences of Restaurants and Food Bank Employees in Riyadh
… same world, about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year. We do not know enough about what contributes to food waste. However, there seems to be an emergent pattern of behaviour around sharing food. This hermeneutic phenomenological research will explore how food sharing might reduce …
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A Cross -National Study of Policy Entrepreneurship on the Part of Technical -Professional Bureaucrats in National Environmental Agencies: The Case of Household Waste Reduction Policy in Germany, France and the United States
… with key participants in national household waste policy-making and formal interviews with technical-professional bureaucrats in the technical-professional bureaucrats are distinguishable from their peers not only in their display of policy vision and energy and commitment to seeing this …
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Chefs' Perceptions of Zero Waste Cooking in Restaurants
… and potentially future efforts to decrease food waste. Through qualitative inquiry, this research aims to identify food waste reduction practices in Northwest Arkansas restaurants; chef’s perceptions of these practices and zero waste cooking; the impact these practices have on successfully …
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Investigation of Perceptions of Environmental Management Systems and its Perceived Importance in a Corporation Undergoing ISO 14001 Certification.
… of voluntary standards (ISO 14000) which promote waste reduction and improve businesses’ environmental management. ISO 14001 is the Environmental Management System portion of ISO 14000 requiring employee awareness and involvement. The Robert Bosch Corporation is undergoing ISO 14001 …
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The Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens Linnaeus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): A Novel Approach to Combat Food Waste in Windsor-Essex.
… approximately 3.7 million tonnes of organic food waste is generated yearly. This waste includes food scraps, wasted food, and plant wastes such as leaves, plant stems, and fruit. Most of it is transported to landfills for composting each year, but the use of landfills as a method of waste …
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Thermochemical Conversion of Swine Manure to Produce Oil and Reduce Waste
… The process could be a promising technology for waste reduction and renewable energy production from organic waste.
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Optimal digital system design in deep submicron technology
… should be done with two basic principles: energy waste reduction and energy-delay tradeoff. Increased energy resources obtained through energy waste reduction are utilized through energy-delay tradeoffs. The previous practice of obliviously pursuing performance has led to the rapid increase in …
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Development of a Total Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Manufacturing Facilities Applying the Six Sigma Approach
… Six sigma has not been used in the solid waste reduction or environmental protection fields to the extent that it has been applied in manufacturing and in other sectors [1]. The goal of this research was to investigate the application and benefits of conducting TSAs versus standalone …
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Impact of plate shape and size on individual food waste in a university dining hall setting
… to find ways to increase production and decrease waste to help meet these needs. Young adults (18-24 years of age) have been identified as a high-wasting segment of the population (Thyberg & Tonjes, 2016). In the United States, young adulthood often coincides with the pursuit of postsecondary …
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Implications of management control systems for green supply chain management in South Africa a case study of a food retailer
… quality management, shared investment, waste reduction, and the relationship between partners. This study found that a buying firm needs to employ management control systems in ensuring the supplier outputs. Collaborative management, another important facet in effectiveness of green …
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Design and implementation of a continuous improvement framework, focusing on material and information flow, for the manufacturing of organic photovoltaics
… a continuous improvement framework for waste reduction in material and information flow, through Shop floor reorganization Kaizen event, while briefly describing other improvements that were implemented as a Team. These included an online barcode part tracking system and Kanban cards …
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Optimizing Forced-Air Evaporative Cooling Chambers for Vegetable Preservation
… produce harvested has been shown to reduce food waste substantially making it a promising area for food waste reduction. This technology will be used by farmers who live in hot arid regions of the world with limited electricity access and would benefit from a cooling chamber that can run off …
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Toxic Metal Concentration and Distribution in Soils of Four Abandoned Landfill Sites, Springfield, Missouri
… Springfield landfills were the recipients of waste from a metal plating industry in the city. The landfill soils were tested by atomic absorption for cadmium, copper, chromium, lead, and nickel to determine if metals had moved through the soils. All metals were found to be present in the soil …
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