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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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Opportunities, challenges and trade-offs with decreasing avoidable food waste in the UK [PDF]
Waste Management and Research, 2021 Around 6 million tonnes of edible food are being wasted (post-farm gate) in the UK each year. This fraction of edible wasted food is known as avoidable food waste. In a circular economy food is a valuable resource that must be captured at all stages of the food supply chain and, where possible, redistributed for consumption.
Eleni Iacovidou +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,
Paul Behrens +2 more
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Quantifying the realistic reduction potential of food waste in Swedish households [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHousehold food waste is often framed as a critical challenge for food systems, yet the real potential and impact of waste reduction remain uncertain. This study assessed the prevention potential and the carbon, economic and nutrition footprints of food ...
Amanda Sjölund +5 more
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The FOod Commodity composition for Waste qUantification and valorization opportunitieS (FOWCUS) Dataset [PDF]
Scientific DataThis study introduces FOWCUS, a novel dataset detailing the composition of about 280 food commodities, categorized into various groups including vegetables, fruits, nuts, eggs, livestock, seafood, cereals, sugar, vegetable oils, stimulants, pulses, and ...
Antoine Coudard +4 more
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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.
Coudard, A. +4 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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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 ...
Ribbers, Daphne +3 more
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