Food waste management in China: Status, problems and solutions

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4575-4584

  Hu, Xinjun ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Yu, Junfeng ^a   Zhang, Guren ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Food waste; Reclamation; Recycling; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSTING; FLY; FOOD; GROWTH RATE; INCINERATION; INVESTMENT; LANDFILL; MICROORGANISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; REGULATORY APPROACH; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84866522279     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201106210914     Document Type: Article

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