Recycling, recovering and preventing "food waste": Competing solutions for food systems sustainability in the United States and France

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 461-477

  Mourad, Marie ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Food surplus; Food waste; Re use; Recycling; Sustainability; Waste prevention

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FOOD WASTE; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; TECHNICAL EVALUATION; WASTE PREVENTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84963805987     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.084     Document Type: Article

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