The food waste hierarchy as a framework for the management of food surplus and food waste

The unprecedented scale of food waste in global food supply chains is attracting increasing attention due to its environmental, social and economic impacts. Drawing on interviews with food waste specialists, this study construes the boundaries between food surplus and food waste, avoidable and unavo...

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Published in:	Journal of cleaner production Vol. 76; pp. 106 - 115
Main Authors:	Papargyropoulou, Effie, Lozano, Rodrigo, K. Steinberger, Julia, Wright, Nigel, Ujang, Zaini bin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	animal wastes Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Applied sciences Biological and medical sciences Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife economic impact Environment and sustainable development Exact sciences and technology feeds Food industries Food surplus Food waste Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology interviews Pollution poverty Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Use and upgrading of agricultural and food by-products. Biotechnology waste management Waste minimization Waste prevention Food waste Waste minimization Food surplus Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Waste prevention Hierarchy Sustainable consumption Pollution prevention Minimization Sustainable development Surplus Environmental protection
ISSN:	0959-6526, 1879-1786
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