Life cycle assessment of supermarket food waste

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-46

  Brancoli, Pedro ^a   Rousta, Kamran ^a   Bolton, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food waste; Life cycle assessment; Retail; Supermarket; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE CYCLE; RETAIL STORES; SOURCE SEPARATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; FOOD WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RETAIL; SUPERMARKET; UPSTREAM PROCESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RETAILING; SOLID WASTE; SUPERMARKET; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; BREAD; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WASTE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85003839032     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.024     Document Type: Article

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