Household food waste: the implications of consumer choice in food from purchase to disposal

Local Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 682-706

  Tucker, C A ^a   Farrelly, T ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

environment; food waste; Household waste; New Zealand; survey

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PALMERSTON NORTH;

EID: 84924384818     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2015.1015972     Document Type: Article

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