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The European action against food loss and waste : co-Regulation and collisions on the way to the sustainable development goals Yearbook of European Law
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Abstract
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| The daily loss and waste of edible food represents one of the clearest failures of the European food system—evidence that the European Union and its citizens belong to what has been called the throwaway society.1 Ninety million tons of food are thrown away in the European Union (EU) each year, almost a third of it by consumers.2 At the same time, EUROSTAT reported that 8.1 per cent of the EU-28 population—the equivalent of 43 million—did not have continuous access to quality meals and were considered to live in ‘severe material deprivation’ in 2015. In addition, 23.7 per cent of the EU population was at risk of poverty and social exclusion.... |
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English
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Source (journal)
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Yearbook of European law. - Oxford, 1982, currens
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Publication
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Oxford
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Clarendon Press
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2018
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ISSN
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0263-3264
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2045-0044
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DOI
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10.1093/YEL/YEY015
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Volume/pages
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37
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, p. 424-454
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