Food waste in the United States: A contributing factor toward environmental instability

The world’s population continues to increase at record rates along with corresponding nutritional needs and related agricultural consequences. In the United States, food waste levels serve as dominant components of land-fill masses, oil and freshwater waste, methane and CO2 emissions, damage to wild...

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Main Authors: Michael eHickey, Gulnihal eOzbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00051/full