Accounting for the environmental impact of food waste on water resources and climate change

Agriculture & Biology

• food waste 73%
• water resources 66%
• environmental impact 56%
• climate change 49%
• water footprint 44%
• waste treatment 39%
• carbon footprint 26%
• leachates 22%
• developed countries 21%
• food production 19%
• developing countries 18%
• greywater 15%
• climate 15%
• waste reduction 15%
• carbon markets 14%
• energy recovery 13%
• plant-based foods 13%
• food supply chain 13%
• greenhouse gases 11%
• eutrophication 11%
• purchasing 10%
• livestock production 10%
• groundwater 10%
• supply chain 10%
• education 9%
• food industry 8%
• irrigation 7%
• phosphorus 7%
• rice 6%
• air 6%
• nitrogen 5%
• soil 4%
• water 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Food waste 90%
• Water resources 74%
• Climate change 63%
• Environmental impact 55%
• Waste treatment 35%
• Carbon footprint 20%
• Water 18%
• Developing countries 17%
• Supply chains 16%
• Eutrophication 13%
• Food supply 12%
• Phosphorus 10%
• Irrigation 9%
• Groundwater 9%
• Purchasing 9%
• Greenhouse gases 8%
• Nitrogen 7%
• Education 7%
• Soils 6%
• Carbon 6%
• Recovery 5%
• Air 4%
• Costs 3%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Water Resources 100%
• Climate Change 81%
• Food 41%
• Carbon Footprint 20%
• Water 14%
• Climate 12%
• Developed Countries 10%
• Developing Countries 9%
• Eutrophication 9%
• Greenhouse Gases 9%
• Food Technology 7%
• Groundwater 7%
• Food Chain 7%
• Edible Plants 7%
• Food Supply 6%
• Livestock 6%
• Edible Grain 6%
• Oryza 6%
• Soil 5%
• Phosphorus 5%
• Carbon 5%
• Nitrogen 5%
• Air 4%
• Technology 3%
• Education 3%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 3%