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2 Sorting

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1 Generation
3 Collection

  • 2 Sorting

    Roadmap: BioCycle: 2. Sorting
    BioCycle Sorting by Dorothee Schielein & Steffen Walk (TU Hamburg) (CC BY-SA)

     

    This section is the most important step in closing the organic cycle. Only with proper sorting can food waste be managed efficiently and new products created to close the loop back to food.

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      2.1 Food waste sorting Page

      The section presents the different steps of food waste separation and the factors influencing efficient separation and concludes with the status quo of biowaste and food waste sorting in Europe with a closer look at the German situation.

1 Generation
3 Collection