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Food Waste Auditing at Three Florida Schools
Wilkie, Ann C.; Graunke, Ryan E.; Cornejo, Camilo - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1370-1387
approaches to diverting school food waste from landfills: reduction and recycling. Food waste can be reduced through educating … composting or anaerobic digestion in order to generate beneficial end products, including soil amendments and bioenergy. Over 75 …
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LOGISTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CZESTOCHOWA CITY
BAJDOR, PAULA; GRABARA, JANUSZ - In: Advanced Logistic systems 7 (2013) 1, pp. 125-131
In present days, the waste management, especially municipal waste, becomes more important than before. Together with the economy development, higher numbers of products offered and bigger customer’s demand, the level of waste generated by humans are getting higher as well. Non-used waste are...
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The Establishment and Development of Cambridge Environmental Economic Thought
Omori, Masayuki - Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge - 2006
In this paper we try to make clear that the original utilitarian economic thought of J. S. Mill, which was like a headwater, ran to Cambridge University, after which his followers could tackle environmental problems of their days from an economic point of view (1). First of all we refer to the...
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Investigating Household Preferences for Kerbside Recycling Services in London: A Choice Experiment Approach
Karousakis, Katia; Birol, Ekin - Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge - 2006
alternative is recycling of household waste. This paper examines household preferences for kerbside recycling services and uses a …
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Simulating Household Waste Management Behaviours
Tucker, Peter; Smith, Andrew - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 2 (1999) 3, pp. 3-3
waste, through home composting or recycling activities. The research addresses the personal hierarchical ordering of these … can also be simulated. Model application to the simulation of environmental impacts from recycling are discussed briefly …. The paper concludes with examples drawn from model validation trials on kerbside newspaper recycling schemes. …
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LOGISTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CZESTOCHOWA CITY
BAJDOR, PAULA; GRABARA, JANUSZ - In: Polish Journal of Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 125-131
In present days, the waste management, especially municipal waste, becomes more important than before. Together with the economy development, higher numbers of products offered and bigger customer’s demand, the level of waste generated by humans are getting higher as well. Non-used waste are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011241707
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AN ANALYSIS OF ROMANIA’S MUNICIPAL WASTE WITHIN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
IACOBOAEA, Cristina; LUCA, Oana; PETRESCU, Florian - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 8 (2013) 4, pp. 73-84
The improper management of municipal waste may lead to soil, water and air contamination and it may also become a danger for human health. The quantity of municipal waste generated per capita in Romania is relatively low compared to other European Union countries. At European level, in 2010...
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Sustainability research and practices in enforced residential institutions: collaborations of ecologists and prisoners
Ulrich, Craig; Nadkarni, Nalini - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 11 (2009) 4, pp. 815-832
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Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes
Bacon, Christopher M.; Mendez, Ernesto; Fox, Jonathan A - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2008
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Certification environnementale et durabilité au Brésil : le café bio et le bois
Piketty, Marie-Gabrielle; Souza, Maria-Celia Martins de; … - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2008
Au Brésil, les préoccupations environnementales sont croissantes du fait des impacts négatifs d’une croissance agricole accélérée sur l’environnement et les ressources naturelles. Face à ce contexte, la certification environnementale de divers produits issus de l’usage des terres...
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