Food waste consequences: Environmentally extended input-output as a framework for analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 506-514

  Reutter, Beatriz ^a   Lant, Paul ^a   Lane, Joe ^a   Reynolds, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Food losses; Footprint; Wastage; Waste

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTES;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; FOOD LOSS; FOOTPRINT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; WASTAGE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994400054     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.104     Document Type: Article

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