Accounting for the Impact of Food Waste on Water Resources and Climate Change

Food Industry Wastes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 217-236

  Chapagain, Ashok K ^a   James, Keith ^b  

^a WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^b Waste & Resources Action Programme   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884020525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391921-2.00012-3     Document Type: Chapter

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