Journal articles: 'REDUCING WASTAGE'

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Kaye, S. B., R. Graham, K. McCarthy, J. R. Green, V. Damjanovic, and M. Austin. "Reducing disinfectant wastage." Eye 5, no. 1 (January 1991): 120–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.22.

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Jones, J. L. P., S. D. Probert, and A. D. Hall. "Potable water: Reducing its wastage in Britain." Applied Energy 27, no. 4 (January 1987): 251–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-2619(87)90022-5.

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Taylor, David. "Reducing medicines wastage through improving patient care." Prescriber 22, no. 7 (April 5, 2011): 5–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psb.734.

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OUAHABİ, Khadidja. "Reducing Wastage in Inventory Management By Lean Management." Turkish Academic Research Review - Türk Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi [TARR] 8, no. 2 (June 25, 2023): 1014–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.30622/tarr.1228611.

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Companies nowadays are working to improve their processes and functions; one of the most important functions is inventory management, in which companies schedule their production activity. This function has evolved and come up with many optimization tools that, unfortunately, many companies haven’t adopted yet. Also, the lean management concept has largely attracted the attention of both researchers and professionals regarding its importance in improving the business process and reducing waste. The main aim of this study is to improve the function of inventory management in a company which is specialized in the production of pipes, in the context of a lean management approach. The adoption of this system allows for the detection of all sources of waste in this function through the use of a set of tools to identify and reduce waste such as ASLOG reference, ABC analysis, Brainstorming, Pareto’s diagram, Ishikawa model. The use of these tools have allowed the detection of the main sources of waste to eliminate them and improve this important function to achieve a high level of firm performance. To collect data, an interview, observation, and analysis of a set of documents were relied upon. This study relied on the IMRAD methodology in the divisions of the study, and the most famous models (IMC) related to choosing the appropriate solution from a group of alternatives were used at any strategic level in the company. This model was applied to address the problem of the study, and when we followed the stages of the model and applied a set of techniques in the Inventory management function the most important problems in this function were discovered, which is a waste of both time and cost. These problems were also discussed by proposing a set of solutions and adapting them to the company under study.

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Heward, S., C. Taylor, and P. Shorrock. "P40 Reducing wastage of drugs in obstetric anaesthesia." International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 54 (May 2023): 103702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103702.

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Żmieńka, Ewa, and Jakub Staniszewski. "Food management innovations for reducing food wastage – a systematic literature review." Management 24, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 193–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/manment-2019-0043.

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SummaryThe goal of this paper is to assess the current trends in research on food waste management innovations in social sciences and mapping them. To achieve this, 107 articles were extracted from the Web of Science database with the keywords food waste and innovations/technologies. Then, we grouped them in accordance with part of supply chain they concern and type of innovation they propose. We identified that the majority of the innovations concern the final stages of the food supply chain. It makes them more suitable for developed countries, where the wastage is the greatest in this phase of production. It also indicates a research gap in waste-reduction technologies in the initial stages of the food supply chain. Improvements in this field may be particularly beneficial from the food security point of view, because countries suffering from food shortages waste most of their supplies in the early stages of production.

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Rejman, Krystyna, Grzegorz Ganczewski, Aleksandra Prandota, and Karolina Zabłocka. "The Possibility of Food Consumption Improvement by Reducing Food Wastage in the Households in Poland." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 16, no. 4 (December 31, 2016): 281–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2016.16.4.121.

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The primary challenge of global food system is to provide food for nearly 800 million starving people and the next generations of constantly growing population. One of the solutions to this challenge is to reduce food wastage, which is especially high in the households of developed countries. Considering this fact, the analysis of a questionnaire study among WULS students determines their knowledge and awareness of food waste issues, and most often wasted food products. The study also tests the attitudes of respondents towards food waste and its consequences. Results showed that baker’s good, fruit and vegetables were the most often wasted food while these products are recommended to consume in largest amounts. Respondents wrongly indicated that food service is the food chain sector with the highest food waste in Poland. The reduction of respondent’s disposable income was recognized as the most important effect of food waste. In conclusion, it can be stated that the higher knowledge and awareness of food wastage issues can contribute to reduction of the scale of the problem and improvement of food consumption.

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Jyoti, K., G. Manjula, and MS Ganachari. "Application of KW-ANOVA statistics to generate evidence for cytotoxic drug wastage induced financial burden among cancer patients: A clinical pharmacist observation." Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice 26, no. 7 (January 16, 2020): 1559–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078155219898710.

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Background Very little is known about the effects of drug wastage costs among cancer patients in terms of “financial toxicity” leading to poor health and nonhealth outcomes. But reducing this drug waste is an attractive strategy for cost-cutting with regard to improving the health-related quality of life of the cancer patients. Thus, the objective of the study was to determine drug wastage and to generate evidence for cytotoxic drug waste and financial burden among cancer patients. Methodology: On Ethics Committee approval, a prospective-observational study was conducted in cancer patients. The data were collected in data collection form. Daily monitoring was done to analyze the quantity of drug wastage which was interpreted using KW-ANOVA and further evidence was developed for corrective mitigation strategies applicable to intent drugs. Results Among 90 patients, 52 patients experienced drug wastage that includes 9 intent drugs which figured out unnecessary monetary units and quantity wastage that range from 80 to 50,000 INR and 10 to 500 mg, respectively. The median price value for cost of drug wastage was 237.30 INR. Conclusion The study generates evidence that concludes the mandatory requirement of implementation of drug wastage mitigation strategies for the drugs expected to cause wastage. Clinical pharmacist extensively contributes in oncology pharmacy practice setting to identify the intent drugs and to abate the drug wastage among medications intending to cause potential increment in drug expenditure among cancer patients on chemotherapy clinical pharmacist.

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Carr, John, and Mark Howells. "We cannot afford to waste feed on pig farms." Livestock 26, no. 3 (May 2, 2021): 150–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/live.2021.26.3.150.

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In a time of record feed prices it is essential that feed wastage be minimised. It is estimated that 10% of feed delivered is wasted on the average farm. On a 250 sow unit this can be more than 150 tonnes of feed per year! Feed is often wasted from the point of delivery to the passage of faeces. This article details some of the areas where this wastage occurs at the farm level and focuses on simple management practices that veterinarians can discuss with their clients to reduce these losses. Reducing feed wastage by half would make the difference between profit and loss on many farms. Reducing the feed wastage by half is likely to be more than the whole health bill cost for the farm!

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Naveed, Tayyab, Azmat Hussain, and Yueqi Zhong. "Reducing fabric wastage through image projected virtual marker (IPVM)." Textile Research Journal 88, no. 14 (April 19, 2017): 1571–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040517517703605.

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In apparel manufacturing, more than 50% of the total cost is consumed by the fabric in comparison to the rest of the materials. The efficient use of fabric may result in the reduction of considerable expenditure and efforts. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to propose an image projected virtual marker (IPVM) onto the surface of fabric layers/plies to improve fabric utilization and visual quality control. 20 garment production orders are scheduled for experimental work to investigate the utilization of fabrics with imperfections. The statistical analysis indicates a 3.5%–4% improvement in the fabric utilization, a 22% improvement in throughput time of visual inspection, and a 25% reduction of labor intensity during visual inspection in the cutting room. The result implies that the proposed method is an efficient approach to improve fabric utilization and cost reduction.

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Hauk, Lisa. "Severe blood shortages reinforce the importance of reducing wastage." AORN Journal 107, no. 5 (April 30, 2018): P4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aorn.12160.

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Hester, Robert Harrison, Estella Castillo, Kelly Casteel, Lorenz Natividad, Fleur M. Aung, Fernando Martinez, and Saroj Vadhan-Raj. "Reducing the wastage of fresh frozen plasma in a hospital blood bank through the use of Six Sigma principles." Journal of Clinical Oncology 40, no. 28_suppl (October 1, 2022): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.045.

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45 Background: MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the largest users of blood products in the United States, with approximately 3,600 units of blood (PRBCs) transfused per month, and over 500 units of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfused per month. The wastage of blood products has both financial and patient care implications, as well as implications to donors. Decreasing blood product wastage is an institutional priority in terms of both resource utilization and cost savings. Methods: Outside metrics for the waste of blood products published by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) were compared to current data on the percentage wastage of blood products for fiscal year 2020. A dedicated project team set an aim to reduce the wastage of FFP by 25% from Q4 2020 to Q3 2021. Using Six Sigma principles, a run chart was developed to track units FFP ordered and transfused from October 2020 – March 2021. Minitab software was used to calculate mean FFP ordered, the upper confidence interval, as well as 2 standard deviations above the mean to determine a new maximum FFP thaw level. Results: The historical FFP “thaw level” was 32 units of FFP thawed per day. From October 2020 – March 2021, the average number of FFP units ordered per day was 8. The upper confidence level was 32, and 2 standard deviations was 24 units. After identifying 3 data points that were “out of control” and unrepresentative of actual usage, these values were adjusted to 7.5 units and 19.5 units, respectively. Based on this data, the daily thaw level was adjusted from 32 units per day to 20 units per day on June 21st 2021. As of Q3 2021, this has resulted in a 40.7% decrease in the wastage of FFP. Conclusions: The application of Six Sigma principles was an effective way to identify variation in the ordering of fresh frozen plasma (FFP), and allowed for a sizeable reduction in the daily thaw level of this blood product. Post-intervention, there has been a dramatic decline in the wastage of FFP, resulting in cost savings for our institution and better stewardship of this scare resource.

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Hurst, William, Kwabena Ebo Bennin, Ben Kotze, and Tonderayi Mangara. "Critical Infrastructures: Reliability, Resilience and Wastage." Infrastructures 7, no. 3 (March 9, 2022): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7030037.

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By 2050, according to the UN medium forecast, 68.6% of the world’s population will live in cities. This growth will place a strain on critical infrastructure distribution networks, which already operate in a state that is complex and intertwined within society. In order to create a sustainable society, there needs to be a change in both societal behaviours (for example, reducing water, energy or food waste activities) and future use of smart technologies. The main challenges are that there is a limited aggregated understanding of current waste behaviours within critical infrastructure ecosystems, and a lack of technological solutions to address this. Therefore, this article reflects on theoretical and applied works concerning waste behaviours, the reliability/availability and resilience of critical infrastructures, and the use of advanced technologies for reducing waste. Articles in the Scopus digital library are considered in the investigation, with 51 papers selected by means of a systematic literature review, from which 38 strains, 86 barriers and 87 needs are identified, along with 60 methods of analysis. The focus of the work is primarily on behaviours, barriers and needs that create an excess or wastage.

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Nair, Kartik, Bhavya Sekhani, Krina Shah, and Sunil Karamchandani. "Expiry Prediction and Reducing Food Wastage using IoT and ML." International journal of electrical and computer engineering systems 12, no. 3 (August 27, 2021): 155–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.32985/ijeces.12.3.4.

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This paper details development of a low-cost, small-size, and portable electronic nose (E-nose) for the prediction of the expiry date of food products. The Sensor array is composed of commercially available metal oxide semiconductors sensors like MQ2 sensor, temperature sensor, and humidity sensor, which were interfaced with the help of ESP8266 and Arduino Uno for data acquisition, storage, and analysis of the dataset consisting of the odor from the fruit at different ripening stages. The developed system is used to analyze gas sensor values from various fruits like bananas and tomatoes. Responding signals of the e-nose were extracted and analyzed. Based on the obtained data we applied a few machine learning algorithms to predict if a banana is stale or not. Logistic regression, Decision Tree Classifier, Support Vector Classifier (SVC) & K-Nearest Neighbours (KNN) classifiers were the binary classification algorithms used to determine whether the fruit became stale or not. We achieved an accuracy of 97.05%. These results prove that e-nose has the potential of assessing fruits and vegetable freshness and predict their expiry date, thus reducing food wastage.

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Saisudheer, A., and V. Muralipraveen. "Reducing Clock Power Wastage By Using Conditional Pulse Enhancement Scheme." i-manager's Journal on Circuits and Systems 1, no. 1 (February 15, 2013): 16–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.26634/jcir.1.1.2195.

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Zabłocka, Karolina, Aleksandra Prandota, and Krystyna Rejman. "Marnotrawstwo żywności w kontekście racjonalnego gospodarowania nią w gospodarstwach domowych polskich i szwedzkich studentów." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW - Ekonomika i Organizacja Gospodarki Żywnościowej, no. 114 (June 30, 2016): 19–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/eiogz.2016.114.17.

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Reducing food waste in the entire food supply chain is one of the key challenges to further development of the world. In developed countries the highest food wastage is observed in the final stages of the chain, mainly at the consumption stage. The aim of this study was to compare different aspects of food wastage in households of selected consumer groups i.e. students of life sciences universities in Poland and Sweden. Own questionnaire studies were conducted in the years 2014 and 2015 on a sample of 234 consumers: 132 Polish and 102 Swedish ones. Polish students more often declared behaviours proving or leading to irrational management of food. Respondents from Sweden behaved more rationally when it comes to using food surpluses and less often declared the majority of the causes of food wastage. The results indicate the necessity to publicize the issue of food waste, especially undertaking actions aiming at its reduction in the consumption processes in the households.

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Schmitt, Valentina Gomes Haensel, Mirza Marvel Cequea, Jessika Milagros Vásquez Neyra, and Marcos Ferasso. "Consumption Behavior and Residential Food Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak in Brazil." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (March 26, 2021): 3702. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073702.

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The objective of this research was to look into the self-reported food consumption and wastage behavior in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the motivations to prevent this waste. The data were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Brazil, May 2020, using a self-administered questionnaire with 60 questions on food consumption behavior and characterization of food waste behaviors. The target audience comprised Brazilian residents responsible for household food purchases; out of 489 responses, 458 were considered valid. The main findings reported that regarding consumption behavior, there are no significant differences in relation to gender, education, and age. The surveyed population preferred shopping in person, despite the recommendation of social distancing, and reported activities to avoid food waste. This behavior suggests the importance of information and consumers’ education in making purchases and reducing waste, mainly amidst a crisis. The results suggest that intention to reduce waste, routines of food purchase in sales and management routines of leftovers or uneaten food are positively related to reducing the economic value of food waste. As a practical contribution, this study expands the understanding in one Latin American country regarding food consumption and wastage. The theoretical contribution leads to understanding of the behavior in times of crisis such as a pandemic.

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Saini, Davinder S., and Sunil V. Bhooshan. "OVSF Code Sharing and Reducing the Code Wastage Capacity in WCDMA." Wireless Personal Communications 48, no. 4 (June 12, 2008): 521–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9536-8.

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McCullagh, Josephine, Nathan Proudlove, Harriet Tucker, Jane Davies, Dave Edmondson, Julia Lancut, Angela Maddison, Anne Weaver, Ross Davenport, and Laura Green. "Making every drop count: reducing wastage of a novel blood component for transfusion of trauma patients." BMJ Open Quality 10, no. 3 (July 2021): e001396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001396.

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Recent research demonstrates that transfusing whole blood (WB=red blood cells (RBC)+plasma+platelets) rather than just RBC (which is current National Health Service (NHS) practice) may improve outcomes for major trauma patients. As part of a programme to investigate provision of WB, NHS Blood and Transplant undertook a 2-year feasibility study to supply the Royal London Hospital (RLH) with (group O negative, ‘O neg’) leucodepleted red cell and plasma (LD-RCP) for transfusion of trauma patients with major haemorrhage in prehospital settings.Incidents requiring such prehospital transfusion occur randomly, with very high variation. Availability is critical, but O neg LD-RCP is a scarce resource and has a limited shelf life (14 days) after which it must be disposed of. The consequences of wastage are the opportunity cost of loss of overall treatment capacity across the NHS and reputational damage.The context was this feasibility study, set up to assess deliverability to RLH and subsequent wastage levels. Within this, we conducted a quality improvement project, which aimed to reduce the wastage of LD-RCP to no more than 8% (ie, 1 of the 12 units delivered per week).Over this 2-year period, we reduced wastage from a weekly average of 70%–27%. This was achieved over four improvement cycles. The largest improvement came from moving near-expiry LD-RCP to the emergency department (ED) for use with their trauma patients, with subsequent improvements from embedding use in ED as routine practice, introducing a dedicated LD-RCP delivery schedule (which increased the units ≤2 days old at delivery from 42% to 83%) and aligning this delivery schedule to cover two cycles of peak demand (Fridays and Saturdays).

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Monga, Varun, Chenise Meyer, Brandon Vakiner, and Gerald Clamon. "Financial impact of oral chemotherapy wastage on society and the patient." Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice 25, no. 4 (March 25, 2018): 824–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078155218762596.

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Background Targeted oral agents are now increasingly being utilized in cancer treatment, but are expensive. Changing the dose of these medications due to toxicity or discontinuation secondary to disease progression or death causes waste from unused medication. Limiting waste is an important goal, as waste has a substantial financial impact on patients and insurance companies. Methods Patients started on oral targeted agents' sunitinib, everolimus, axitinib, or vemurafenib between January 2012 and February 2015 who obtained their medications at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center specialty pharmacy were included in the analysis. We acquired dispensing data retrospectively for each of the agents and reviewed patient charts. Wasted tablets/capsules were calculated from their last fill to the dates of stoppage or dose adjustment. The amount associated with the wastage was calculated using the average wholesale price. Repository drug usage data during the same time period was obtained. Results Eighty-eight patients had their prescriptions filled at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center during the study time period. Waste occurred in 41% of all patients with primary reasons attributed to cancer progression in 25 patients, death in five patients, toxicity in five patients and increase in dosage of targeted therapy in two patients. A total of 1179 tablets or capsules were wasted from all causes, priced at a total of $248,595.69. Conclusion Oral chemotherapy medications are associated with wastage, which is a significant financial burden to society. Progression of disease emerged as the single most important factor accounting for wastage. Novel ideas are needed to prevent wastage, thereby reducing healthcare costs.

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Bernstad, Anna Karin, Alba Cánovas, and Rogerio Valle. "Consideration of food wastage along the supply chain in lifecycle assessments: A mini-review based on the case of tomatoes." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 35, no. 1 (October 8, 2016): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x16666945.

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In recent years, increased light has been shed on the large amounts of food wasted along the food supply chain (FSC). As lifecycle assessments (LCAs) are commonly used for estimations of environmental impacts from food production, it is relevant to investigate and discuss how such wastage is reflected in foodstuff LCAs. The objective of the present paper is to review a larger set of LCAs of foodstuff in order to (1) investigate if and how wastage along the FSC is addressed and (2) explore the importance of including wastage accumulated along the FSC in terms of environmental impacts. Twenty-eight LCA case studies and two review papers, focusing on tomatoes, were reviewed and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions chosen as indicator for the second objective. Only one third of the studies consider wastage at some part of the supply chain, in many cases in an inconsistent manner, and only in nine cases were GHG emissions from wastage included in overall systems GHG emissions. In these, wastage accounts for between 2 and 33% of total contribution to climate change. Omitting wastage when conducting LCA of foodstuff could result in underestimations of environmental impacts. Occurrence of wastage along all phases of the supply chain should be acknowledged in order to estimate environmental benefits from prevention and to identify areas where strategies with the aim of reducing wastage could be most efficient.

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Svanes, Erik, Sofie Oestergaard, and Ole Hanssen. "Effects of Packaging and Food Waste Prevention by Consumers on the Environmental Impact of Production and Consumption of Bread in Norway." Sustainability 11, no. 1 (December 21, 2018): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11010043.

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Bread is a staple food in Norway, with a yearly per capita consumption of 52 kg. It is an important source of energy, dietary fibre and protein as well as certain minerals and vitamins. Previous studies have shown that bread has a relatively low environmental impact compared with other foods. Food waste studies, however, have shown that bread and other baked goods have a high wastage rate in Norway. On the basis of lower Norwegian wheat yields, it is therefore expected that the environmental impact of bread could be higher than in other European countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the environmental impact of bread from cradle to grave, identify environmental hotspots, examine the role of packaging in bread waste and identify possible remediation measures with a particular focus on the post-farm value chain. The results showed that for every kilogram of bread consumed, the global warming potential was 0.99 kg CO2-eq, the eutrophication potential was 7.2 g PO4-eq, the acidification potential was 8.4 g SO2-eq and the cumulative energy demand was 18 MJ. The principal uncertainty within the calculation was the use of database data for the 21 ingredients. For example, the effect of soil mineralisation, which could give significant CO2 and N2O emissions, was not included because figures have only been quantified for a few ingredients and there is no international agreement on the methodology. The primary hotspot was the production of the ingredients, principally at the agricultural stage, while bread waste took the second place. The highest potential for the reduction of post-farm environmental impact lies in reducing product wastage at the retail and consumer stages. Consumers already employ strategies to reduce wastage, such as using extra packaging and freezing and toasting bread. This study shows that other consumer packaging solutions can keep the bread fresh for longer, thus reducing wastage and the need for the abovementioned consumer strategies. Nevertheless, other researches in this subject have shown that consumer preferences and behaviours play a significant role in the creation of bread waste, and this should therefore be taken into account when planning reduction measures.

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Ben Elmir, Walid, Allaoua Hemmak, and Benaoumeur Senouci. "Smart Platform for Data Blood Bank Management: Forecasting Demand in Blood Supply Chain Using Machine Learning." Information 14, no. 1 (January 5, 2023): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info14010031.

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Despite the efforts of the World Health Organization, blood transfusions and delivery are still the crucial challenges in blood supply chain management, especially when there is a high demand and not enough blood inventory. Consequently, reducing uncertainty in blood demand, waste, and shortages has become a primary goal. In this paper, we propose a smart platform-oriented approach that will create a robust blood demand and supply chain able to achieve the goals of reducing uncertainty in blood demand by forecasting blood collection/demand, and reducing blood wastage and shortage by balancing blood collection and distribution based on an effective blood inventory management. We use machine learning and time series forecasting models to develop an AI/ML decision support system. It is an effective tool with three main modules that directly and indirectly impact all phases of the blood supply chain: (i) the blood demand forecasting module is designed to forecast blood demand; (ii) blood donor classification helps predict daily unbooked donors thereby enhancing the ability to control the volume of blood collected based on the results of blood demand forecasting; and (iii) scheduling blood donation appointments according to the expected number and type of blood donations, thus improving the quantity of blood by reducing the number of canceled appointments, and indirectly improving the quality and quantity of blood supply by decreasing the number of unqualified donors, thereby reducing the amount of invalid blood after and before preparation. As a result of the system’s improvements, blood shortages and waste can be reduced. The proposed solution provides robust and accurate predictions and identifies important clinical predictors for blood demand forecasting. Compared with the past year’s historical data, our integrated proposed system increased collected blood volume by 11%, decreased inventory wastage by 20%, and had a low incidence of shortages.

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Bharucha, Jehangir. "Tackling the challenges of reducing and managing food waste in Mumbai restaurants." British Food Journal 120, no. 3 (March 5, 2018): 639–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-06-2017-0324.

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Purpose Around 67 million tons of food is wasted in India every year, which has a value of more than US$14 billion (Haq, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on one major source to which the current massive proportion of wastage can be attributed: restaurants. It investigates the statistics, the problem at large, how the restaurants are handling it and recommends ways to better manage the issue. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative inquiry has been used. The research population for this study consisted of 63 restaurant owners across Mumbai city and its suburbs. In-depth discussions were held with these restaurant owners/managers in various matters of interest to this study. Findings The group of restaurateurs opined that the solution to Mumbai’s restaurants waste management lies in micro management rather than large scale plans. In total, 75 percent of the restaurants have 10-20 percent extra preparation. High-end fine-dining restaurants make even more additional preparations and are the ones more receptive to participating and also sensitive toward importance of waste management. Several of the restaurant owners claim that they can estimate the requirements on specific days of the week. In all, 18 percent of the restaurants surveyed claimed to have a complete dispose of policy. Majority of the restaurants have a clear policy to distribute the surplus food among their staff. Several other innovative strategies were shared. Research limitations/implications The restaurant owners/mangers may not have truthfully answered all questions. The participants might have the fear that the authorities would take cognizance of some of the practices that they are following and would have been guarded in their responses. There would always be a fear that the identities would not be kept confidential. Practical implications India as a country has been agriculture based for centuries and characterized by massive food production. Yet, people face rampant starvation and malnourishment. This arises to a large extent due to the colossal amounts of food wasted at marriages, restaurants and even by destruction of crops. Originality/value The restaurant industry is of critical importance to the Indian economy and while research in India has focused on overall food wastage, studies on restaurant food waste are lacking.

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Bailur, Aditi, Natasha Jain, and Pratham Rathod. "FoodResQ, A Mobile Application to Reduce Food Wastage." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 9 (September 30, 2023): 1357–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.55850.

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Abstract: Food waste has emerged as a significant global issue, and its severity continues to escalate daily. It poses a dual challenge: not only does it contribute to environmental harm through excessive food production and disposal, but it also persists in a world where 800 million individuals suffer from hunger. This problem is exacerbated as both the economy and population grow, leading to increased food wastage. A major portion of this waste originates from hotels and restaurants. To tackle this problem, we are harnessing mobile technology as a solution, facilitating businesses to redistribute surplus food to those who require it, thereby reducing food waste. Hence, we are in the process of creating a mobile application that will allow users to request food donations. Subsequently, local volunteers will step in to collect and distribute the food to those in need within the community

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Whitley, Amber, Brittany Stewart, Michael Passwater, Keosha Joyner, and Susan Weiss. "Q-Tip: Reducing Blood Wastage in a Large Level I Trauma Center." American Journal of Medical Quality 35, no. 4 (May 31, 2020): 356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1062860620929642.

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Ankiel, Magdalena, and Urszula Samotyja. "Consumer Opinions on the Causes of Food Waste — Demographic and Economic Conditions." Marketing of Scientific and Research Organizations 42, no. 4 (December 1, 2021): 75–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/minib-2021-0022.

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Abstract Reducing the quantities of food lost or wasted will be an emerging challenge in coming years. The sector contributing the most to food waste is households. The aim of this study is to evaluate consumer behavior on the food market in the context of wastage identification and assessment of consumer opinions in Poland regarding the causes of the problem of food waste in households. A quantitative study was carried out using individual direct questionnaire interviews (N = 1,145). Results showed that Polish consumer opinions regarding reasons for wasting food vary according to demographic and economic conditions. The least educated consumers and families with several children were found to be guided by economic premises in their purchases more often than other groups and plan their purchases more rationally. The causes of food wastage related to irrational behavior were more often named by consumers with higher standards of living and by the younger generation.

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Bartali, El Houssine, Mohamed Boutfirass, Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Abdoul Aziz Niane, Mohamed Boughlala, Mohammed Belmakki, and Habib Halila. "Estimates of Food Losses and Wastes at Each Node of the Wheat Value Chain in Morocco: Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 9, 2022): 16561. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416561.

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Several research and development efforts have been made to ensure food security in developing countries. Dissemination of improved agricultural technologies was used as the main avenue through which some increases in food supply have been achieved. However, food insecurity remains a major challenge. This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that reducing food loss and waste can be an effective food and energy security, and natural resource, and environmental conservation strategy. Following the life cycle framework, the annual amount of wheat-based food lost or wasted from farm-to-fork in Morocco was estimated at 4 million tons (equivalent to 36% of total supply) valued at US$1.0 billion. Among all nodes, the magnitudes of farm management-related losses, wastage during consumption, and storage losses rank first to third accounting for about 17.4%, 7.92%, and 7.06%, respectively of total wheat supply in the country. Were these losses and wastes entirely prevented, Morocco would have been able to feed 29.3 million more people, or save 1.79 million hectares of land, 2.66 billion m3 of water, and 64.28 million GJ of energy, and prevented the emission from landfills of at least 16.61 million kg of methane annually. Besides the ongoing efforts to disseminate agricultural technologies, the Moroccan government needs to develop short- and medium-term national strategies to reduce food losses and wastage particularly targeting the storage and consumption nodes. Replacing bread subsidy with food vouchers targeting only the needy and creation of public awareness about the magnitudes and consequences of food loss and wastage alone may go long way in reducing them.

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Chakraborty, Nabanita, and Gautam Kumar Joardar. "Assessment of vaccine wastage in an immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 11 (October 24, 2019): 4959. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195088.

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Background: Universal Immunization Programme was launched by Government of India in 1985 with the aim of immunizing all children and pregnant women across the country free of cost. However high vaccine wastage and lack of proper vaccine management could not meet the demand and increased the cost.Methods: A descriptive record based study was conducted in the immunization clinic of KPC Medical College and Hospital. Vaccination records of all children and pregnant women attending clinic from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019 was retrieved from the immunization registers.Results: Wastage rate was found to be highest for bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine vaccine (68.9%) and lowest for oral polio vaccine (27.7%). Wastage rate was higher for 10 dose vial vaccine compared to 5 dose vial and 20 dose vial vaccine and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.00001).The wastage rate was higher for lyophilized vaccine compared to liquid vaccine and for injectable vaccine compared to oral vaccine. These differences were also statistically significant (p<0.00001).Conclusions: Thus regular monitoring of immunization sessions should be done to estimate the vaccine wastage in each session. Reducing wastage is expected to increase the quality and efficiency of the programme and also reduce the cost without compromising the coverage.

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Chauhan, Youthika. "Food Waste Management with Technological Platforms: Evidence from Indian Food Supply Chains." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (October 2, 2020): 8162. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12198162.

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Feeding the people sustainably continues to be a challenge in the present times. Enormous amounts of food wastage aggravate this problem. In developing countries, food wastage primarily occurs within the supply chain. Lack of technological infrastructure in these countries causes significant post-harvest loss. While research shows that developments in food supply chains can reduce food wastage, no systematic research has been done so far to show the possible relationship between the use of technology and food loss. This paper attempts to address this gap by studying the supply chains of different food processing organizations in India to assess the role of technological platforms in reducing food wastage in supply chains. Using a qualitative inductive methodology, the author identified the technological platforms that can address food wastage. Then, using multiple case-study analysis, the supply chains of sample firms were evaluated. The author assessed the food loss in these supply chains through comparative analysis to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of selected technological platforms. This study provides managers in the food industry with insights to prevent food loss, as well as some policy implications for developing economies. Overall, this paper throws light on the issue of food wastage and the possible means for its prevention.

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Hada, Bhupendra. "Problems of Educational Wastage In Primary Level Education of Nepal: Some Suggestions to Reduce It." Tribhuvan University Journal 27, no. 1-2 (December 30, 2010): 35–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/tuj.v27i1-2.26368.

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This paper presents the problems of wastage in education during 2006-08 at the primary level, in terms of repetition and dropout. The main objectives of this paper is to enumerate the reasons of repetition and dropout of students at primary school education, because they are the major barriers and stumbling block for the school education system of every country, and they also enhance to decrease internal efficiency of education system. Promotion, repetition and dropout are the prominent indicators of internal efficiency. If the repetition and dropout rates are high, promotion rate will be low, and it indicates the low internal efficiency of the primary school education. There are many causal factors for educational wastage and they are explained in brief. Hence, the table and the figure available from DOE are used to analyze the sources of educational wastage in primary level education. The conclusions and recommendations are put forward for reducing educational wastage to minimum in the Nepalese context.

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Papaioannou, Thanasis, Nikos Dimitriou, Kostas Vasilakis, Anthony Schoofs, Manolis Nikiforakis, Fabian Pursche, Nikolay Deliyski, et al. "An IoT-Based Gamified Approach for Reducing Occupants’ Energy Wastage in Public Buildings." Sensors 18, no. 2 (February 10, 2018): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18020537.

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Thornton, Mary. "Reducing Wastage among Men Student Teachers in Primary Courses: A male club approach." Journal of Education for Teaching 25, no. 1 (April 1999): 41–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02607479919664.

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Aziz, AR Abdul. "Reducing Drug Wastage at Ward Level: Using Failure Mode Effects Analysis (Fmea) Tool." IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 7, no. 3 (2013): 47–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/3008-0734756.

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Whitney, Gina M., Marcella C. Woods, Daniel J. France, Thomas M. Austin, Robert J. Deegan, Allison Paroskie, Garrett S. Booth, et al. "Reducing intraoperative red blood cell unit wastage in a large academic medical center." Transfusion 55, no. 11 (July 22, 2015): 2752–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.13214.

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Yigezu, Yigezu A., Moustafa A. Moustafa, Mohamed M. Mohiy, Shaimaa E. Ibrahim, Wael M. Ghanem, Abdoul-Aziz Niane, Enas Abbas, Sami R. S. Sabry, and Habib Halila. "Food Losses and Wastage along the Wheat Value Chain in Egypt and Their Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and the Environment." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 7, 2021): 10011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810011.

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Pushing yield frontiers of cereals and legumes is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in drylands. This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that food loss and wastage constitute a sizeable proportion of the total wheat supply in Egypt. By following the life cycle of food and using standard measurement protocols, we estimated the levels of food loss and wastage along the wheat value chain in Egypt and their socioeconomic, biophysical, and environmental implications. About 4.4 million tons (20.62% of total wheat supply from domestic production and imports in 2017/2018) is estimated to be lost or wasted in Egypt which is also associated with the wastage of about 4.79 billion m3 of water, and 74.72 million GJ of energy. This implies that if Egypt manages to eliminate, or considerably reduce, wheat-related losses and wastage, it will save enough food to feed 21 million more people from domestic production and hence reduce wheat imports by 37%, save 1.1 billion USD of much-needed foreign exchange, and reduce emissions of at least 260.84 million kg carbon dioxide-equivalent and 8.5 million kg of methane. Therefore, investment in reducing food loss and wastage can be an effective strategy to complement ongoing efforts to enhance food security through productivity enhancement in Egypt.

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Zhao, Jinhui, Xi Xie, Ranbin Liu, Yao Sun, Mengke Wu, and Jiahua Gu. "Water and energy saving potential by adopting pressure-reducing measures in high-rise building: A case analysis." Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 39, no. 5 (January 7, 2018): 505–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624417751056.

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Indoor domestic water demands are increasing rapidly in many cities of China, among the causes, water wastage due to overpressure outflow (OPO) at water distribution points in buildings, especially in high-rise buildings, is a factor that has not gained much attention. Field tests in 23 high-rise public buildings and laboratory tests were conducted to quantitatively evaluate the influence of water pressure on water consumption in buildings. The water-saving potential by adopting pressure reducing measures was theoretically analyzed and verified based on a case study. Results indicated that water consumption is closely related to water pressure and overpressure outflow is a very common culprit of water wastage in high-rise buildings. Pressure management measures, such as branch pipe pressure-reducing valves, can reduce water consumption in buildings and improve the comfortability of use as well. Based on the laboratory pressure–outflow characteristics study of different water appliances, water-saving potential of pressure reducing measures can be theoretically evaluated. Case study demonstrated a theoretical reduction of 19.4% in water consumption by adopting branch pipe pressure-reducing valves, an actual 14,773 m3 water (11.9% reduction) and 15,955 kWh embodied energy was saved in 2015 after the implementation of branch pipe pressure-reducing valves retrofitting measure. Therefore, despite the current measures of adopting high-efficiency water appliances and/or utilization of unconventional water resources in buildings, implementation of pressure management measures is highly recommended in designing water supply system for new high-rise buildings and reconstruction of water supply system in existing high-rise buildings, thereby, promoting water, energy saving, and development of green building. Practical application: Water and energy saving in building is gaining more and more attention, however, water wastage due to overpressure outflow in buildings has not gained much attention. Based on field and laboratory tests, the water and energy saving potential in building water supply system were evaluated theoretically and further verified by a case study. Results indicate that pressure management measures such as branch pipe pressure reducing valves (PRVs) can reduce water and energy consumption in buildings. We strongly suggest that pressure management measures should be implemented in buildings, thereby, promoting water, energy saving, and development of green building.

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Kumar, Janender, Krishan Kumar Kataria, and Sunil Luthra. "Quality Circle: A Methodology to Enhance the Plant Capacity through Why-Why Analysis." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 5, no. 3 (June 1, 2020): 463–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.33889/ijmems.2020.5.3.038.

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In the manufacturing firms, hospitals, banks, schools and research institutes etc., total customer satisfaction with products and services have very much importance and also necessary for their survival. Quality services and reducing wastages of all types are the primary need of every organisation. Quality Circle is (QC) is one of the techniques that can be utilised to solve industrial problems and can reduce the rejection level. In present paper, QC concept is implemented to solve wastage problem by taking a real case study of an automobile industry. The observed data was analysed through various problem solving techniques such as 80/20 rule and fishbone diagram etc. Finally, Why-Why analysis was carried out to identify the root cause of the problem and suggested actions to solve the problem. The following results were obtained: Gradually reduction in materials wastage minimises the rejection and hence reduces the overhead expenses of the firm. Further, QC helps in motivating employees to do their best for the organisation, which not only improves the productivity of the organisation, but also helps in discovering hidden talent and creative skill of the workforce. Finally, QC helps in developing the sense of belongingness towards organisations.

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Shokouhifar, Mohammad, and Alireza Goli. "Designing a Resilient–Sustainable Supply Chain Network of Age-Differentiated Blood Platelets Using Vertical–Horizontal Transshipment and Grey Wolf Optimizer." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 5 (February 24, 2023): 4078. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054078.

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Blood platelets are a typical instance of perishable age-differentiated products with a shelf life of five days (on average), which may lead to significant wastage of some collected samples. At the same time, a shortage of platelets may also be observed because of emergency demands and the limited number of donors, especially during disasters such as wars and the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, developing an efficient blood platelet supply chain management model is highly necessary to reduce shortage and wastage. In this research, an integrated resilient–sustainable supply chain network of perishable age-differentiated platelets considering vertical and horizontal transshipment is designed. In order to achieve sustainability, economic cost, social cost (shortage), and environmental cost (wastage) are taken into account. A reactive resilient strategy utilizing lateral transshipment between hospitals is adopted to make the blood platelet supply chain powerful against shortage and disruption risks. The presented model is solved using a metaheuristic based on a local search-empowered grey wolf optimizer. The obtained results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed vertical–horizontal transshipment model in reducing total economic cost, shortage, and wastage by 3.61%, 30.1%, and 18.8%, respectively.

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Choudhary, Vineeta, Shrey Tank, Kriti Gulati, Shubham Jani, and Bhaumik Machhi. "Adaptive Traffic Control System." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 2 (February 28, 2023): 495–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.49068.

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Abstract: Whenever we hear the word traffic, we all think of people blaring horns and waiting endlessly, stress is always silent but prominent in the word traffic. We all face traffic daily and have experienced the frustration and stress that traffic induces. Our project focuses on reducing the traffic waiting time significantly and hence reducing air and noise pollution. Less waiting time at traffic means less wastage of fuel leading to energy conservation in the times of a global warming

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Kothapalli, Tejasvi. "Saving Energy in Homes Using Wi-Fi Device Usage Patterns." International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering 7, no. 3 (July 2018): 47–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijeoe.2018070103.

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Reducing power usage in the residential sector is a global problem. Appliances used for space heating, cooling, and lighting are the primary sources of home energy consumption, increased costs, and CO2 emissions. Such devices are a significant source of energy wastage if they are left on and not being used. This article proposes a solution to reduce energy wastage in smart homes. The solution consists of a method to detect the presence of resident activities in the household based on Wi-Fi devices. It presents a model for identifying the Wi-Fi devices that are similar in usage compared to the resident's appliances using machine learning techniques. In addition to displaying the device usage charts, this solution helps in automatically turning off such appliances when they are not in use. A controlled experiment is conducted to evaluate the performance of the solution. The results indicate that this approach can significantly reduce energy wastage in the homes.

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Hussein, Hussein. "Evidence from Zakho Dairy Factory in Duhok Governorate." Humanities Journal of University of Zakho 8, no. 4 (December 30, 2020): 593–609. http://dx.doi.org/10.26436/hjuoz.2020.8.4.649.

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The sdudy aim to investigate the possibility to reduce the cost and adopting more effective modern methods based on cost-flow concept and the role played by the process of mapping cost flow in order to identify the defects in production processes and submitting most necessary proposals for making continuous changes which guarantee achieving a real reduction in productions cost and possibility of stability and competing other products in the market. The main aim of this research is to apply a cost-flow map through finding a way of accounting analysis for reducing costs without affecting the quality of the products. The researchers found a number of conclusions including: the basic idea of cost flow is to get rid of wastage in production process; achieving customer satisfaction; and achieving a clear effect in reducing products cost via applying cost-flow map in Zakho Dairy Factory as a research sample. In the light of research conclusions, the researchers presented a number of recommendations including: increasing the workers’ capacity in the factory through training courses; developing workers’ capabilities through discovering faults and defects in production systems; and reducing wastage through excluding activities that do not add value to the product and that would reduce the time and effort spent in production processes.

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Suganthe, R. C., and M. Kirubavathi. "Reducing Resource Wastage by Preventing the Occurence of Flood Attack in Delay Tolerant Networks." Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 6, no. 7 (2016): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7315.2016.00443.3.

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Mohammadi, Neda, Seyed Hosein Seyedi, Payam Farhadi, Javad Shahmohamadi, Zahra Ahmadi Ganjeh, and Zaker Salehi. "Development of a scenario-based blood bank model to maximize reducing the blood wastage." Transfusion Clinique et Biologique 29, no. 1 (February 2022): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tracli.2021.10.003.

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Dhanorkar, M. N., A. Sabnis, and S. P. Kale. "Perfect home composting of biodegradable waste resources for reducing carbon foot print and climate change associated with global warming – a microbiological approach." CARDIOMETRY, no. 22 (May 25, 2022): 185–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.18137/cardiometry.2022.22.185190.

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Huge amounts of organic biodegradable waste resources are thrown on dumping yards in India and neighboring Asian countries every day. It is estimated that 40-50% of total solid waste collected daily is biodegradable in India. Mumbai, a 1% population of the country, generates about 2500 MT of biodegradable waste. The African continent is no exception to this colossal wastage of natural resources. Barring few countries in the developed world where these waste resources are handled appropriately and environmentally friendly and converted to good quality compost, the story is the same worldwide. This waste resource amounting to millions of metric tonnes is one of the key sources of biomethane escaping in the environment. It is also directly responsible for global warming and associated climatic changes. However, the waste resource generators have been permitted to wash off their hands in not taking care of small amounts of wastages. The result is huge sprawling dumping yards in civilized areas Small measures taken by individuals can make vast changes in the situation. The main reason for this centralized issue is that the decentralized generation of the waste resource is not tackled at that level. This method has two key factors. The method is based entirely on bacterial decomposition without involving any insects. It is also fast and can achieve conversion in 24 to 72 hours. A sincere approach supported by technological improvisation will make it successful and prevent huge amounts of bio-methane from escaping into the environment, which would certainly slow down global warming significantly and help arrest climate changes to a perceptible level. It would also be in tandem with the law of conservation of matter. The generation of pure organic manure will help in recovering the degrading topsoil layer of the country. A perfectly sustainable solution can be offered if all individuals play their part.

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Koszela, Grzegorz, and Wiesław Szczęsny. "CHANGES IN FOOD WASTE LEVEL IN THE EU COUNTRIES." Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia 16, no. 1 (March 30, 2017): 43–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/aspe.2017.16.1.05.

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Food waste is the world-wide social and economic problem, and also large and unnecessary burden for the environment. In this paper was taken the problem of comparing changes in the level of food wastage in the EU countries in 2000–2011. There were used two techniques: multidimensional comparative analysis (MCA) and grade data analysis (GDA). The second one is used for the first time in this type of issues. Based on these techniques there were built synthetic indicators, which were used as a criterion for classification of EU countries in terms of the pace of reducing the level of food waste. It appears that usage of different techniques to construction of indicators gave a divergent arrangements.

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Quartey, Ebo Tawiah, and Samuel Antwi Darkwah. "A Review of the Suitability of Using Eco‑Efficiency Principles in Managing Environmental Impacts of the Packaged Water Industry in Ghana." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 66, no. 4 (2018): 979–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201866040979.

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The production and use of sachet water in Ghana has been consistently increasing, filling the gap of inadequate access to safe drinking water. Despite the obvious significant socio‑economic impact of the packaged water industry in Ghana, the associated environmental impacts of the production and use cannot be overlooked. The aim of this paper is to analyze the prospects of eco‑efficiency approach as a more sustainable means of production in the industry, leading towards the sustainable development agenda of the country. The methodology employed in this paper is desktop research with qualitative data collection and analysis, utilizing existing literature or secondary data. It was concluded that there are many good reasons for adopting an eco‑efficiency in the packaged water industry, including reducing operating costs and improve profitability by reducing energy, water supply, and solid waste costs, reducing water wastage and contribute in developing solid waste minimization plans. The significance of this paper is to increase the awareness of the effect of improper disposal of sachet waste on the Ghanaian environment and also seeks to inform the management of the many companies in the packaged water industry, stakeholders and consumers to be environmentally responsible, as their actions can help protect and improve the natural environment while improving the overall economy.

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Gupta Khusbu Kumari. "Waste Management Strategies in Textile & Garment Sector." International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology 06, no. 9S (October 12, 2020): 58–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.46501/ijmtst0609s09.

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Textiles and Apparel (T&A) sector is one of the most significant industrial sectors and plays a major role towards contribution to national economy, employment generation and exports in developing countriesand most essential consumer goods industry. However, textile industry is accused of being one of the most polluting industries. Not only production but consumption of textiles also produces waste. To counter the problem, textile industry has taken many measures for reducing its negative contribution towards environment. One of such measures is textile recycling- the reuse as well as reproduction of fibers from textile waste. Recycling can be done through thermal, material, chemical and mechanical processes. Textile recycling is beneficial for environmental and economic conditions, reducing demand for textile chemicals, requirement of landfill space is reduced, consumption of less energy and reducing of water wastage. Market research, and efforts are needed to increase consumer awareness and to encourage manufacturers to increase the use of recycled textile waste into new products. Fashion consumption and sustainability are often opposing ideas. Fashion consumption is a highly resource-intensive, wasteful practice; and sustainability frowns on wasteful consumption. Sustainability in the fashion business is still an emerging agenda, not yet established, and many authors have recognised the importance of investigating how sustainability could be achieved

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K M, Harikrishnan, Livin Tom, Mohammed Fahim P H, Muhammed Shameer A A, and Rinto K. Anto. "Design and Analysis of Remote Operated Water Bodies Cleaning Machine." International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology 5, no. 7 (August 15, 2020): 1345–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt20jul817.

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This project demanded to clean the water debris by reducing the man work and time consumption using the electronic embedded system. Mainly project pointed to easy handling and eco-friendly machine. The collected wastage can be used in recycle platforms. The project aimed is mainly to seventy percentage of impurities cleaned in water bodies by this project.

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Urazkeldiyev, Abduvokhid, and Khasimbek Isabaev. "Study of technology to reduce formation of collector-soil water in saline soil conditions." E3S Web of Conferences 401 (2023): 01053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202340101053.

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This article presents the results of scientific research aimed at the rational use of water resources in the Khorezm region under the conditions of water shortage, prevention of secondary salinization of irrigated areas, reduction of water wastage from irrigation networks, and improvement of efficient water use technologies in reducing the water formed in collector-sink networks.

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