scholarly journals Nutritional and environmental losses embedded in global food waste

2020 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 104912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Canxi Chen ◽  
Abhishek Chaudhary ◽  
Alexander Mathys
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Global Food

Global Food Waste

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Carla Caldeira ◽  
Sara Corrado ◽  
Liz Goodwin ◽  
Serenella Sala
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Why Is Airline Food Always Dreadful? Analysis of Factors Influencing Passengers’ Food Wasting Behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8571
Author(s):  
Fangzhou You ◽  
Tracy Bhamra ◽  
Debra Lilley
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Global Food

Food waste is emerging as a global issue and has been recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals with a specific target to halve per capita global food waste at consumer levels and reduce food losses by 2030. Research on food waste has been neglected particularly in the aviation sector. The International Air Transport Association reported that 5.7 million tonnes of cabin waste was generated on airlines, up to 80.5% of which was leftover food and beverages. The exploration of passengers’ food wasting aims to provide insights for tackling the airline food waste problem. To address this issue, this research investigated the in-flight catering experience of 19 passengers from 21 full-service flights. Qualitative research techniques have been applied to analyse passengers’ food-wasting behaviour by collecting participant-produced photographs and completed questionnaires concerning food-related behaviour. This research identified key factors associated with passengers’ food wasting behaviour by adopting Design for Sustainable Behaviour approaches. Four types of factors were found to influence onboard passenger waste, these were normative, habitual, intentional and situational factors. This research indicates that behavioural change interventions need to incorporate the power of social norms to prevent food waste.

scholarly journals The Clean Plate Club? Food Waste and Individual Responsibility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erich Hatala Matthes ◽  
Jacelyn Hatala Matthes
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Philosophical Work ◽  
Global Food

This chapter offers an overview of both the empirical literature on food waste and philosophical work on the concept of waste. The chapter uses this background to argue that an overemphasis on responsibility for the reduction of individual food waste is misleading at best, and pernicious at worst, in combating the substantial problems that global food waste creates and exacerbates, including increased carbon emissions and hunger. While there would be benefits to widespread changes in individual habits surrounding food waste, they would be modest at best. Rather, civic engagement and political activism aimed at institutional reform that embeds concern with food waste in a broader fight for environmentally friendly policies should be prioritized in addressing these problems.

Missing Food, Missing Data? A Critical Review of Global Food Losses and Food Waste Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 6618-6633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Xue ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
Julian Parfitt ◽  
Xiaojie Liu ◽  
Erica Van Herpen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Missing Data ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Global Food

Food losses and food waste: The Industry 4.0 opportunity for the sustainability challenge

2020 ◽  
pp. 159-177
Author(s):  
Roberto Ruggieri ◽  
Giuliana Vinci ◽  
Marco Ruggeri ◽  
Henry Sardaryan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Global Food

United Nations in 2011 estimated every year worldwide around 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted. According to a 2018 analysis by the Boston Consulting Group, this figure will reach 2.1 billion tons in 2050. FAO is trying to quantify food waste again, and according to his report "The state of Food and Agriculture 2019", 14% of production global food is lost or wasted even before it is sold. Food loss and waste are therefore unsustainable and no longer acceptable issues and reduc-ing them is becoming a priority. The negative effects of these problems are con-nected to the scarce availability and consumption of food, but also to sustainabil-ity and environmental impacts. In this regard, it will be necessary to change our eating habits. Industry 4.0 innovations can provide opportunities to reduce food waste and loss, as well as to adopt a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle.

scholarly journals Understanding Global Food Surplus and Food Waste to Tackle Economic and Environmental Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Hsu Huang ◽  
Shih-Min Liu ◽  
Nai-Yun Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Global Food

Although food surplus and food waste issues are extremely important, the amount of literature published on these topics is astonishingly low by our observation. The relationships between food surplus/food waste and economic/environmental sustainability have not yet been holistically assessed and discussed. The main purpose of this study is to understand global food surplus and food waste issues in order to tackle the economic sustainability and environmental sustainability crisis. Content analysis was used to analyze 500 relevant materials and was conducted by NVivo 12 Plus software. The results contain seven countries, six organizations, and six continents, providing a framework to recognize the economic and environmental sustainability crisis. In addition, six major organizations and regions were identified and were found to be relevant to the important issues of food surplus, food waste, the sharing economy, economic sustainability, and environmental sustainability. With the trend of globalization, this study highlights some preliminary evidence for reducing food waste, for conflicts of the sharing economy, and for regulated sustainability. Further research and regulations in terms of economic and environmental sustainability are strongly suggested.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document