A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention

Waste Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 442-450

  Salemdeeb, Ramy ^a   Font Vivanco, David ^b   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a   zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Food waste; Greenhouse gas emissions; Hybrid life cycle assessment; Multi regional input output analysis; Rebound effect; Waste prevention

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

FOOD WASTE; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REBOUND EFFECT; WASTE PREVENTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EMISSION; FOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MINIMIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85000761533     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.042     Document Type: Article

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