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Gjerris, M., Gaiani, S. (2019). Food Waste and Consumer Ethics. In: Kaplan, D.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9_99

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