Anti-food Waste Laws: A Comparative Analysis

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10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_3How to use a DOI?

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Anti-food waste law; Environmental law; Sustainability

Abstract

In recent years, the problem of food waste has been gaining global attention, both in the public and private sectors. Indiscriminate dumping of an excessive amount of waste from farms, retail stores and consumer households have turned the earth into a global “garbage dump”. Although waste disposal is typically considered as a private matter, it has public implications from the environmental, poverty, and ethical perspectives. In this paper, we examine American, Canadian, French, Italian, Chinese, Philippines and Malaysian laws on combating the problem of food waste. Finally, we make some recommendations for countries or authorities considering passing an anti-food waste law.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dennis W. K. Khong
AU  - Josephine H. L. Goh
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - Anti-food Waste Laws: A Comparative Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law and Digitalization (ICLD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 15
EP  - 34
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_3
ID  - Khong2022
ER  -