Quantification of the waste stream from fresh tomato packinghouses and its fluctuations: Implications for waste management planning

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 436-441

  Riggi, E ^a   Avola, G ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Packinghouse waste; Seasonal variation; Tomato; Waste management

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE TOMATOES; PACKAGING ACTIVITIES; PRELIMINARY DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMATO; TOMATO PACKINGHOUSE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING; WASTE MATERIALS; WASTE PRODUCTION; WASTE STREAM;

FRUITS; HYDRAULICS; PLANNING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FRUIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE; INTERVIEW; ITALY; PACKAGING; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMATO; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77649231928     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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