<p>The main goal of the current paper was to determine the impact of several factors towards the adoption of a safe harmonized collection and management model for organic waste from Greek companies active in the food and beverage sector, to contribute to maintaining public health and well-being. A qualitative approach was adopted. An appropriate questionnaire that collected relevant information was distributed to senior executives of the companies and their responses were statistically analyzed. According to the results obtained, companies active in the sectors of flour processing and frozen dough products seem to undertake a separate collection of certain waste streams to a significantly higher extent in comparison to other sectors. Furthermore, the production capacity of a company was found to demonstrate a positive relationship with the extent of agreement of their executives about the current organic waste collection process applied by the company, the current approach towards the organic waste separation process and also the potential of a circular bio-economy towards a sustainable society and public health.</p>