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A quantitative analysis of avoidable food waste in Mexico City households
Waste Management and ResearchFood waste is a global problem with significant environmental, social and economic implications, and this is particularly acute in Mexico City (CDMX), where thousands of tonnes of food are wasted each year. This study focused on characterizing and quantifying food waste in household waste in CDMX to inform the development of sustainable management ...
Arely Areanely Cruz Salas +2 more
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Optimal inventory control policies for avoiding food waste
Operational Research, 2020We develop and employ a socially responsible inventory model that determines an optimal order quantity and an optimal time instance of donation, taking into account, expectations on the net stock levels at the end of the order cycles. The optimized results of the policy are compared to those derived from the implementation of two currently applied ...
Ioannis Mallidis +5 more
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Food Waste Avoidance Actions in Food Retailing: The Case of Denmark
Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, 2017Food waste occurs throughout the entire food supply chain, from production to consumption of food in households. Retailers are in a unique position to contribute to food waste avoidance, not only by minimizing the amount of waste in their distribution channels but also by influencing consumer attitudes and behaviors.
Kulikovskaja, Viktorija +1 more
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Avoiding competition: the effects of rankings in the food waste field
2021Ranks are often seen as drivers for competition. This chapter critically examines the link between ranks and competition by investigating the actors’ actual desire for the highest positions. Empirically, the author examines the role of the food waste hierarchy in establishing status competition in the food waste field.
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The significance of avoiding household food waste – A means-end-chain approach
Waste Management, 2018Many humans suffer from hunger, while edible food is discarded. This study aims at showing the importance of avoiding food waste in households and its causes by applying the means-end-chain analysis. Additional the means-end-chain approach should be examined in how far the method is suitable to get insights towards this topic.
Beate, Richter, Wolfgang, Bokelmann
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Rebound effects could offset more than half of avoided food loss and waste
Nature Food, 2023Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) could lessen the environmental impacts of food systems and improve food security. However, rebound effects-whereby efficiency improvements cause price decreases and consumption increases-may offset some avoided FLW. Here we model rebounds in food consumption under a scenario of costless FLW reduction.
Margaret Hegwood +6 more
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Structured evaluation of food loss and waste prevention and avoidable impacts: A simplified method
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2018Interest in life-cycle assessment (LCA) for foodstuffs has increased over recent years. In the same period, there could also be noticed an increased focus on food losses and waste (FLW); hence the need for guidance or a method that assesses the environmental impacts of FLW when analyzing agrifood systems with the use of LCA.
Cánovas Creus, A. +2 more
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The Impact of Eco-Design Packaging on Food Waste Avoidance: A Conceptual Framework
Journal of Promotion Management, 2020Eco-design packaging is a potential tool to reduce food waste. However, the absence of a theoretical basis regarding the relationships between eco-design packaging and consumer food waste behavior ...
Tian Zeng, Fabien Durif
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Districts, Lifestyles and Avoiding Food Waste
TCentre for Design conducted research with twenty four households in Banyule City Council to understand household practices relating to the purchase, storage, preparation and disposal of food. Using a mix of interviews, and food and waste diaries across a range of districts, there appeared little to no difference between socieconomic groups thus ...Verghese, Karli +2 more
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