FOOD WASTE IN ROMANIA COMPARATIVE WITH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

Anamaria Roxana Martin, Ioana Mihaela Balan, Ioan Brad, Remus Gherman, Tiberiu Iancu

Abstract


The main objective of this paper is to asses the problem of food waste in Romania comparative with Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine, in the year 2019. Food that is appropriate for human consumption that is thrown away, whether or not it has been held over its expiration date or allowed to expire, is referred to as food waste. Usually, this is because the product in question has spoiled but it can also be due to market surplus or individual shopping/eating habits. 

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food waste; households; losses; trash

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