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The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO(2) emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. Here, we calculate the energy content of nationwide food waste from the difference between the US food supply and the food c...

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Autores principales: Hall, Kevin D., Guo, Juen, Dore, Michael, Chow, Carson C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007940