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Avoidable Household Food Waste: Diagnosing the Links between Causes and Composition [PDF]
Recycling, 2021 Problems associated with the wastage of food intended for human consumption are well known and the discarding of edible but unconsumed food—avoidable food waste—is clearly undesirable.
Peter J. Shaw
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On the Prevention of Avoidable Food Waste from Domestic Households [PDF]
Recycling, 2018 Unconsumed food impacts on the environment via the wasteful use of resources in its production and via its disposal. Householders would ideally only generate food waste that is not considered edible (unavoidable food waste) and the disposal of edible ...
Peter J. Shaw +2 more
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The Global Environmental Benefits of Halving Avoidable Consumer Food Waste [PDF]
Environmental Science & TechnologyAvoidable consumer food waste (ACFW) is a global environmental issue wasting key resources and causing emissions, especially in high food-producing nations. We trace ACFW to its origin to assess emissions, water use, and land use. We show that ACFW impacts are dominated by commodities like beef, dairy, rice, and wheat. Over 80% of impacts are domestic,
Antoine Coudard +3 more
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Avoidable food waste in the distribution sector: quantification and valorization
Journal of Agricultural EngineeringSignificant food waste occurs during distribution due to inefficiencies in handling, storage, and logistics. This research investigates food waste in the distribution sector, focusing on quantification and valorization, through three systematic ...
Arianna Cusmai +4 more
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Applied Environmental Research, 2021 To develop well-planned and effective policies and programs for reducing avoidable food waste, it is important to quantify the actual food waste level in particular settings and assess relationships among consumers’ awareness, attitudes, and behaviors ...
Shimpei Iwasaki +2 more
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Differentiation of food preservation methods to avoid waste [PDF]
Horticulture International Journal, 2023 Food waste is a problem that affects the food security of Mexican households, increases the erosion of ecological, social, and economic resources, and puts greater pressure on production systems, supply chains and consumers. Among members of society, the waste or discard of perishable products of agricultural origin, linked to intentional or ...
Michelle Angeles-Segoviano +1 more
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Development and validation of the motivation to avoid food waste scale
Global Environmental Change, 2022 Food waste is one of society’s biggest problems, with huge ecological, economic and social consequences. Hence, there is a necessity to derive a better insight in how consumers can be triggered to avoid food waste. Although it is generally known that motivations are important drivers of human behavior, limited attention has been paid to motivations in ...
Daphne Ribbers +3 more
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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 Food waste, especially at the retail and consumer level, is a critical societal issue. Consumers' reluctance to purchase and consume near-expired food is a major contributor. Retailers have taken actions to promote near-expired food; however, it is unclear how their actions influence both purchase and consumption of near-expired food.
Yi Zhang +4 more
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Targeting Youths’ Intentions to Avoid Food Waste: Segmenting for Better Policymaking [PDF]
Agriculture, 2021 Food waste is a global challenge that raises many questions about the reasons and prevalence of this phenomenon in all sectors of the economy. The youth is regarded as a consumer group, which is the most prone to food waste. This paper aims to understand their food waste intentions to support tailored policies for policymakers, retailers, and other ...
Ewelina Marek, Anna Wielicka‐Regulska
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Global water and energy losses from consumer avoidable food waste
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 Abstract Food products require significant amounts of energy and water throughout their lifecycle, yet humanity wastes 1.3e9 tons of food on a yearly basis. A large part of this waste occurs during the consumption (post-retail) phase of the food system as avoidable food waste, the discarded edible (parts of) food products.
Antoine Coudard +4 more
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