Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there’s swill, there’s a way

zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K.H.J.; Phalan, Ben; Green, Rhys E.; Balmford, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.11.001

Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there’s swill, there’s a way

Highlights • Food wastes are banned in animal feed in the EU due to disease control concerns.• Many Asian states operate safe, centralised systems for recycling waste as feed.• Asian-style food waste recycling could reduce the land use of EU pork by one-fifth.• This would reduce environmental imp…