Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Representative Food Donation and Redistribution Strategies.

Zhijian Guo, Tianhong Mu, Beth Feingold, Akiko Hosler, Christine Bozlak, Stacy Pettigrew, Xiaobo Romeiko

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sustainable Recovery from Shocks: Policies and Partnerships for Fresh Produce Rescue and Environmental Impact Reduction.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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7 authors.

Zhijian GuoDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4722-6117

Tianhong MuDepartment of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-2643

Beth FeingoldDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6670-5845

Akiko HoslerDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0642-1060

Christine BozlakDepartment of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.

Stacy PettigrewRadix Ecological Sustainability Center, 153 Grand Street, Albany, NY 12202, USA.

Xiaobo RomeikoDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.

Funding

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research 557409National Science Foundation 2115405

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessing the environmental impacts of food donation systems is necessary to support food donation policy and management. Few life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have investigated the environmental impacts of food donation systems. This comparative LCA study analyzed the environmental impacts of eight different donation scenarios reflecting diverse supply chain configurations and operational management options, using 391.8 kg of redistributed food over two weeks as the functional unit. Each of the eight scenarios presented net environmental benefits for all five life cycle environmental impact categories: 132~233 kg CO

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environmental impactsfood donationgreenhouse gas emissionslife cycle assessmentsupply chainwaste management

Identifiers

PMID41750837

DOI10.3390/foods15040645

PMCPMC12939375

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