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Fruits and vegetables (FV) consumed in natura or processed produce a significant volume of waste, causing an economic deficit in the productive chain. FV markets feature a significant production of vegetable residues with potential of use, since they commercialize an increasing amount of minimally processed vegetables and fruit juices. To this end, it is important to identify, quantify, and characterize these wastes and to propose feasible and coherent alternatives for their use at regional and worldwide levels. In this paper, a case study of two FV markets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was conducted to identify and quantify FV processing waste. Over a period of 20 days, the FV residues from 31 vegetables and 17 fruits were identified and weighed. It is estimated by extrapolation that 106,000 kg of FV were processed in 1 year in two units of FV markets and 48.6% of FV were discarded as by-products. This may be a consequence of factors that contribute to waste generation, such as the low preparation and/or training of the manipulators as well as the quality of the equipment and the maintenance thereof. Thus, studies that aim to understand the environmental impact by monitoring the of FV waste are fundamental, since this waste can be used as raw material and converted into value-added products.
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This work was supported by UNIRIO, UERJ, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) [001] and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) [26/010.000171/2016; 26/010.100988/2018; 26/202/709-2018].
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de Brito Nogueira, T.B., da Silva, T.P.M., de Araújo Luiz, D. et al. Fruits and vegetable-processing waste: a case study in two markets at Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 18530–18540 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08244-y
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