Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town.

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dc.contributor.advisorBattersby-Lennard, Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMarshak, Mayaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-10T13:32:06Z
dc.date.available2015-01-10T13:32:06Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the management of supermarket food waste in Cape Town. In doing so it highlights both its underutilisation and its potential transition from waste to resource. Through an extended micro study of a single case study store it traces the management of food waste from the supermarket into the wider systems of waste management in the city. It then explores the barriers and potentials for managing food waste further as a resource. While recycling has increased in the city over the past decade, this thesis demonstrates that at present there does not exist a comprehensive system for the recycling of supermarket food waste, particularly non-edible and animal protein wastes. As a result most of this waste is sent to landfill where it causes environmental damage and endangers human health.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarshak, M. (2012). <i>Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11973en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarshak, Maya. <i>"Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11973en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarshak, M. 2012. Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marshak, Maya AB - This thesis explores the management of supermarket food waste in Cape Town. In doing so it highlights both its underutilisation and its potential transition from waste to resource. Through an extended micro study of a single case study store it traces the management of food waste from the supermarket into the wider systems of waste management in the city. It then explores the barriers and potentials for managing food waste further as a resource. While recycling has increased in the city over the past decade, this thesis demonstrates that at present there does not exist a comprehensive system for the recycling of supermarket food waste, particularly non-edible and animal protein wastes. As a result most of this waste is sent to landfill where it causes environmental damage and endangers human health. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town TI - Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11973 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11973
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarshak M. Systems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11973en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleSystems in transition : from waste to resource : a study of supermarket food waste in Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScien_ZA
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