Consumers' perspective on circular economy strategy for reducing food waste

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Borrello, Massimiliano ^a   Caracciolo, Francesco ^a   Lombardi, Alessia ^a   Pascucci, Stefano ^b   Cembalo, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food sector; Insects as feed; Radical innovation; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCT; FOOD WASTE; INNOVATION; INSECT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 85011060828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9010141     Document Type: Article

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