Waste of organic and conventional meat and dairy products - A case study from Swedish retail

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-52

  Eriksson, Mattias ^a   Strid, Ingrid ^a   Hansson, Per Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental certification; Food waste; Organic food; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; FOOD WASTE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS; ORGANIC FOODS; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; SUPERMARKET;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RETAIL STORES; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEAT; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD WASTE; MARKETING; MEAT; ORGANIC FOOD; SHELF LIFE; SWEDEN; WASTE; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84891528939     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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