Waste : uncovering the global food scandal /: uncovering the global food scandal. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Tristram Stuart.
• Other Names: Stuart, Tristram
• Contents: Pt. I. Perishing possessions -- 1. Liber-ate -- 2. Supermarkets -- 3. Manufacturers -- 4. Selling the sell-by mythology -- 5. Watching your wasteline -- 6. Losing ground : some environmental impacts of waste -- pt. II. Squandered harvests -- 7. Farming : potatoes have eyes -- 8. Fish : the scale of waste -- 9. Meat : offal isn't awful -- 10. Moth and mould : waste in a land of hunger -- 11. The evolutionary origins of surplus -- 12. Adding it all up and asking ... 'what if?' -- pt. III. Where there's muck there's brass -- 13. Reduce : food is for eating -- 14. Redistribute : the gleaners -- 15. Recycle : compost and gas -- 16. Omnivorous brethren : pigs and us -- 17. Islands of hope : Japan, Taiwan and South Korea -- 18. Action plan : a path to utrophia.
• Publisher Details: London : W.W. Norton & Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 451 pages, [16] pages of plates), chiefly color illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 338.19; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry; Food industry and trade -- Waste minimization; Food conservation; Food supply -- Economic aspects; Food supply -- Social aspects; Food industry and trade -- Environmental aspects; Food conservation; Food industry and trade -- Environmental aspects; Food industry and trade -- Waste minimization; Food supply -- Economic aspects; Food supply -- Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food; Food Manufacturing & Related Industries; Food security & supply; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141924618; 0141924616; 9780393077353; 0393077357
• Related ISBNs: 9780141036342; 0141036346
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.