Securing national regulation(s) on food loss and waste (FLW) is essential for the effective, comprehensive, and unified management and policy implementation of FLW, ensuring standards are consistent countrywide and local initiatives and targets are aligned with national waste reduction goals....

This paper examines the causal impacts of reducing solid waste imports on water quality in China, which was the world’s largest importer of waste until recently. We focus on the National Sword policy, introduced at the end of 2017, which abruptly banned the import of plastics, textiles,...

This paper examines the link between dynamically inconsistent time preferences and individual food waste behavior. Food waste is conceptualized as unintentional outcome of choices along the food consumption chain. Capitalizing on a nationally representative longitudinal survey from Germany, we...

This paper examines the link between dynamically inconsistent time preferences and individual food waste behavior. Food waste is conceptualized as unintentional outcome of choices along the food consumption chain. Capitalizing on a nationally representative longitudinal survey from Germany, we...

The aim of this report is twofold. Firstly, it illustrates the latest refinements applied to a food waste model based on material flow analysis, which performs yearly estimations of food waste generated by food category and stage of the food supply chain. Since 2019, the European Commission...

On 5 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to set legally binding food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States (MSs) by 2030. The results of the first EU-wide monitoring of food waste levels carried out in 2020 will serve as a baseline to assess...

This report provides a extensive overview of voluntary agreements (VAs) on food loss and waste reduction across Europe, detailing approaches, impacts and lessons learned, drawing from information gathered from 13 EU Member States, examples from Norway and the UK, and one international coalition...

This report provides a extensive overview of voluntary agreements (VAs) on food loss and waste reduction across Europe, detailing approaches, impacts and lessons learned, drawing from information gathered from 13 EU Member States, examples from Norway and the UK, and one international coalition...

Purpose: Food waste in cities has become a pressing issue not only in developed countries but also in developing countries like Indonesia. The main objectives of this study are to (1) identify the relationships among the driving factors of food waste in Indonesian cities by considering the...

Der Abbau, die Verarbeitung und die Nutzung knapper natürlicher Rohstoffe sind mit negativen Umwelteffekten verbunden. Diese zu reduzieren, erfordert eine konsequente Kreislaufwirtschaft sowie die Reduktion von Stoffströmen. Obwohl Abfallvermeidung rechtlich seit Langem oberste Priorität...

The SISTERS project is pioneering efforts to tackle food waste and loss within Europe's Food Value Chain, addressing critical stages from production to consumption. This initiative is rolling out innovative solutions tailored to the needs of each stage: equipping primary producers with smart...

As households contribute significantly to food waste, it can be assumed that they bear considerable responsibility for the environmental footprint of it. In Germany, household food waste comprises over half of all food loss and waste, with a notable share attributable to young people. To explore...

Die Arbeiten und Zielsetzungen in diesem Projekt ergeben sich aus den im Durchführungsbeschluss (EU) 2021/19 festgelegten Berichtspflichten. Entsprechend dieser Vorgaben wurde im Projekt eine Datenbasis zur Wiederverwendung für Deutschland geschaffen. Durch umfangreiche Recherchen wurden...

Purpose: This study aims to provide insight into the contemporary food waste issue for the better management of food waste in large quantities in Incheon, one specific region in Korea, based on the analysis of the Naver Blog corpus, employing analysis techniques including text mining and LDA...

Background: The US retail sector grapples with persistent challenges related to supply chain waste, including inefficiencies, overstocking, and logistical barriers, necessitating targeted reduction strategies to mitigate escalating costs, environmental impacts, and diminished profitability....

Food waste is a global challenge to sustainable development. Nevertheless, there is insufficient research on the issue at the consumption stage, especially in developing countries (e.g., Malaysia). To effectively ameliorate food waste, it is crucial to understand how internal cultural values and...

Purpose This study aims to test the compensatory consumption theory with the explicit hypothesis that China's new-rich tend to waste relatively more food. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors use Heckman two-step probit model to empirically investigate the new-rich consumption...

Food sustains human life, but household food consumption impacts negatively on the environment. Therefore, many studies in the literature focus on sustainable food consumption. However, these studies are quite fragmented and study only some aspects of food consumption. By applying the thematic...

People waste a lot of food, especially at the consumption stage in consumer households. Despite the urgency of this topic, little is known about how consumers use visual inspection to decide to throw away fruits and vegetables at different stages of ripening and spoilage. We presented 366 US...

This study investigates the impact of eco-innovation policies on the reduction of food waste in the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Eco-innovations are a range of new technologies and practices that aim to tackle the global food waste crisis. These...

Food waste is currently acknowledged as a major societal challenge, including the food waste at the household level estimated to be responsible for the wastage of one third of the food produced for human consumption. Hence, tackling household food waste (HFW) is gaining a momentum in societal...