Food production and consumption have remarkable negative environmental effects, in
particular food waste. Food waste occurs throughout the entire food system, but households …

There is a broad consensus in literature that private households are significant contributors
to the total amount of food waste in the EU. Thus, any strategy to meaningfully combat food …

Household food waste has serious negative consequences for the environment and the
society. Food waste results from food provisioning behaviors, however, there is little …

Approximately one quarter of the food supplied for human consumption is wasted across the
food supply chain. In the high income countries, the food waste generated at the household …

Purpose Every year 1.3 bn tonnes of food are lost or wasted in production, manufacture,
distribution and at household level. Consumers are the biggest contributors to the total …

Food waste has become a global issue that has received increased attention. Food waste at
the household level is a major source of food loss in developed countries. While culture is …

The complex causes of consumer food waste make it difficult for commercial actors and
public policy makers to develop successful foodwaste reduction campaigns. One of the …

Purpose In the food chain the identification of household food wastes represents the most
problematic aspect to analyze: both as regards the assessment of its qualitative and …

The EU, where nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste are generated annually, has set a
target to halve this amount by 2030. However, the amount of food waste produced varies …

The intensity of household food waste is of concern throughout the world, especially, in
developed countries like Australia where it accounts for 34% of all food wasted along the …