food waste

noun

What does food waste mean?

The decrease of food in subsequent stages of the food supply chain intended for human consumption. The decrease may be accidental or intentional, but ultimately leads to less food being available for all. Food that gets spilled or spoilt before it reaches its final product or retail stage is called food loss.

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Hypernyms (broader concepts)

More general concepts that this word belongs to.

  • a food waste er a type of waste

Related terms

Words that are semantically related. food consumption , wastage og fight against wastage

food waste in other languages

spreco alimentare
Italian Italian
ruokahävikki
Finnish Finnish
maisto atliekos
LIT LIT
voedselverspilling
Dutch Dutch
élelmiszer-pazarlás
HUN HUN
ħela tal-ikel
MLT MLT
разхищение на храни
BUL BUL
marnowanie żywności
Polish Polish
toidujäätmed
EST EST
σπατάλη τροφίμων
ELL ELL
cur amú bia
GL
GLE
deșeuri alimentare
RON RON
desperdício alimentar
Portuguese Portuguese
živilski odpadki
SLV SLV
plytvanie potravinami
SLK SLK
Lebensmittelverschwendung
German German
desperdicio de alimentos
Spanish Spanish
pārtikas izšķērdējums
LAV LAV
rasipanje hrane
HRV HRV
gaspillage alimentaire
French French
plýtvání potravinami
CES CES

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