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The Global Food Waste Management Market- Growth, COVID-19 impact and Forecast (2021-2025)

The Global Food Waste Management market is segmented by Process type (Aerobic, Anaerobic, Combustion, and Others); Waste type; Source type; Application (Fertilizers, Animal feed, Biofuel and Power Generation); Region (North America, Europe, APAC, ROW).

Introduction
  • Food waste management involves various activities that are essential for disposing of food waste. It also includes waste prevention, collection, treatment, recovery, transportation as well as recycling with the help of various management procedures.

  • The increasing requirement for food waste management can be largely attributed to the rise in food processing waste, which includes agricultural, dairy food, poultry, and seafood processing waste.

  • Based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, around one-third of the world’s total food is either wasted or lost, amounting to 1.6 billion tons. The wastage has accounted for around 4.4 GT of carbon dioxide emissions every year, which is around 8 percent of total GHG emissions.

Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary

  2. Scope of the report

  3. Research Methodology

  4. Executive Summary

  5. Introduction

5.1 Parent Market/ TAM

5.2 Market Outline

5.3 Market Segmentation


   6. Five Force analysis

   7. Market Sizing

   8. Market segmentation

   9. Geographical Landscape


9.1 APAC

9.2 Europe

9.3 North America

9.4 ROW


  10. Growth drivers


10.1 Increase in usage of organic waste

10.2 Rising need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions


  11. Key Market Trends

  12. Impact of Covid-19

  13. Challenges

  14. Customer Insights analysis

  15. Major Market Players


15.1 Veolia

15.2 Suez

15.3 Waste Management

15.4 Republic Services

15.5 Covanta

15.6 FCC Environment

15.7 Waste Connections

15.8 Remondis

15.9 Clean Harbors

15.10 Biffa Group


  16. Recent Developments

  17. Future Scope

  18. Strategic Recommendations

Market Overview
  • The Global food waste management market is expected to grow to $45.80 billion by 2025.


  • Growth momentum is expected to accelerate during the forecast period with 5.20% CAGR.


  • Based on process type, anaerobic digestion led the market in 2020 as it helps recover energy and nutrients from the waste.


  • Europe dominated the market owing to excessive shopping, improper food management, overproduction, and negligence for food wasted

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Key Trends
  • The lack of integrated waste management in the private sector in the APAC region is anticipated to propel the demand for the market in the coming years.

  • In recent times, the need for generating an alternate source of energy coupled with the emergence of technologies for waste disposal is expected to create lucrative opportunities in the near future.

Key Market Players
  • Some of the key players in the market are Veolia, Suez, Waste Management, Republic Services, Covanta, FCC Environment.


  • The industry participants are focusing on research and development to design and develop food waste management techniques to increase the production of the byproducts and reduce contamination levels in the environment.

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Growth Drivers and Challenges
  • An increase in usage of organic waste for the production of animal feed and fertilizers is driving the market demand.

  • The rising need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is also contributing to market growth.

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