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Metadata
- Authors
- Moult, J. A., Allan, S. R., Hewitt, C. N., & Berners-Lee, M.
- Affiliations
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Berners-Lee, M.
- Venue
- Food Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-05
- Volume
- 77
- Pages
- 50-58
- ISSN
- 0306-9192 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2800552183
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 11.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.lancs.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Food Policy (publishedVersion)
- Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Keywords
- food waste disposal, greenhouse gas emissions, food retailers, carbon footprint, anaerobic digestion, composting, landfill, incineration, food donation, animal feed, embodied emissions, energy density, waste hierarchy, food waste reduction
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