The contribution of food waste to global and European nitrogen pollution

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-195

  Grizzetti, Bruna ^a   Pretato, Ugo ^b   Lassaletta, Luis ^a   Billen, Gilles ^a   Garnier, Josette ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Studio Fieschi and amp soci Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Union; Food waste; Greenhouse gases; Life cycle assessment; Virtual nitrogen; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; FOOD WASTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84880295377     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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