Food loss and waste reduction as an integral part of a circular economy

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Vilariño, Maria Virginia ^a   Franco, Carol ^b   Quarrington, Caitlin ^c  

^a Business Council for Sustainable Development   (Argentina)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MindFuel   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular economy; FLW; Food loss and waste; Life cycle assessment; Socio economic impacts; Sustainability; Sustainable waste management practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026827813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00021     Document Type: Short Survey

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