Waste and its rational management

Novel Technologies in Food Science: Their Impact on Products, Consumer Trends and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-19

  McElhatton, Anna ^a   Pizzuto, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

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WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85015160976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7880-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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