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Tamara Fernández Arévalo
Waste not, want not: how Europe can both save food by-products and boost the circular economy
Europe’s agri-food industry generates by-products that hold great value. Despite their potential, these by-products are traditionally used as animal feed, in bio-energy production, incinerated or placed in landfills, causing economic, social, and environmental problems
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