food waste
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffoodandwaste
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food
noun[C or U]
uk/fuːd/us/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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waste
noun
uk/weɪst/us/weɪst/
an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, ...
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(Definition offoodandwastefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffood waste
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Birds have free access to these food centres which were potential sources of anthropogenic food through improperfoodwastehandling and disposal.
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The population density of feral cats in urban areas depends largely on the amount of accessiblefoodwastediscarded by the human population.
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In the analyses discussed here, we include only those faunal remains that can be attributed tofoodwaste.
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Those specialists who studyfoodwastesuch as animal bones or plant remains tend to concentrate on economy rather than gastronomy.
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Those receiving a cooked breakfast in addition to the normal menu produced the mostfoodwaste: the least amount of waste came from the intervention group (p < 0.001).
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There is human waste,foodwasteand spilt diesel fuel, which cause enormous damage.
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I am pleased that the council is working to provide green wheelie bins for garden waste and some domesticfoodwaste.
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I am committed to retaining the use offoodwasteas feed under appropriately strict conditions.
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It is therefore essential to ensure thatfoodwasteis sterilised and safely disposed of by approved companies using suitable methods.
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The levels offoodwaste, for example, that are mentioned in paragraph 38 are appalling.
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If we imagine thefoodwastethat might accumulate over, say, two weeks in the summer, we can see that that method has inherent problems.
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Why is it impossible to get vital figures aboutfoodwaste?
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We have already seen what can happen in the case offoodwaste.
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Where sufficientfoodwasteis available some hens additional to the number for which rations are provided can be kept.
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If we are considering ways of making society more sustainable, we must find ways of cutting downfoodwaste.
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We are calling for a general ban on the feeding offoodwasteto animals only until evidence is supplied that it is properly prepared.
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That is what we must also achieve when it comes to the area offoodwaste.
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As we have been saying aboutfoodwastefor a long time, a ban is not enough.
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It is for the responsible health authority to arrange for the disposal offoodwastein the manner which is most appropriate in the light of local circumstances.
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These deal with very important areas of eco-management and ecolabelling, the whole area of reduction of waste, reduction of water use and hopefully the reduction offoodwaste.
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