Track: Waste

Abstract

Food waste is classified as a threat that causes a challenge in achieving the goal of sustainable development worldwide. Recently, food waste has tripled over the past 50 years due to the increase in population. Moreover, food waste is accountable for a third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and it generates 8% of greenhouse gases annually. However, sustainability can be achieved when losses of resources, food waste and it is associated impacts are reduced. Food waste management systems might not yet be introduced in the UAE’s offshore oil and gas locations. Thus, this paper works in introducing the food waste management system to the offshore locations in UAE to prevent and minimize the volume of food waste generated. The paper provides calculations of the estimated food waste volume generated from offshore oil and gas field locations to determine the effective solution for food waste management. This study proposes methods that include specialized mechanisms and solutions that can help in reducing food waste and extract revenue from such practices.