3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Biodegradable waste: Biodegradable waste is defined as any waste that is capable of
undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food and garden waste, and paper and
paperboard
Bio-waste: biodegradable garden and park waste, biodegradable food and kitchen waste from
households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises and biodegradable comparable waste
from food processing plants.”
Source: PLASCARB (2015) 150
Conversion of Fossil-Fueled to Electric-Powered Farm Equipment
Farms are heavily dependent on fossil fuels for equipment to perform a range of operations.
Oil and gas fuel more than 70% of Luxembourg’s farm sector. Energy efficiency gains have been
beneficial in reducing direct energy used in agriculture throughout the EU by 1% per hectare
per annum. Roughly 135 kg of oil equivalent were directly consumed per hectare in 2010, and
inclusion of the indirect energy use (e.g., fertilizer and pesticides) increased this amount by
several fold. 151
150 PLASCARB (2015) Report about Food Waste Statistics in Europe, PLASCARB Innovative plasma based
transformation of food waste into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen, by Daniel Frohnmaier,
Peter Brandstetter and Florian Gehring, 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development
and demonstration under grant agreement No 603488
151 EC JRC (2015) Energy use in the EU food sector: State of play and opportunities for improvement, by F. Monforti-
Ferrario, J.-F. Dallemand, I. Pinedo Pascua, V. Motola, et al., Report EUR 27247, European Commission, Joint
Research Centre, Institute for Energy and Transport and Institute for Environment and Sustainability,
https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/news/sustainable-energy-use-eu-food-sector-%E2%80%93-jrc-study.
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