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In April 2015, French policymakers released ambitious proposals for a national policy against food waste, offering a rich set of ideas for prevention, recovery and recycling. Some measures, including a ban on supermarket food waste, have already[...]Article
Hunger (811 million people, 2020) and food waste (931 million tonnes annually, 2020) are long-standing interconnected challenges that have plagued humankind for centuries. Food waste originates from various sources, including consumption habits [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
R. Audet ; E. Brisebois | Montréal [Québec] : UQUAM | Contributions de la Chaire de recherche UQAM sur la transition écologique | 2018Problème mondial reconnu comme lun des défis les plus importants façonnant les systèmes agroalimentaires, le gaspillage alimentaire mobilise de plus en plus dacteurs qui admettent lurgence dagir. Il en va de même de certains acteurs de l« e[...]Article
Malgré une évaluation plus que discutable [étude de la FAO], les acteurs de la filière alimentaire doivent se mobiliser pour réduire ce gaspillage.Article
Comment réduire les pertes et gaspillages alimentaires ? Cette question interpelle les décideurs politiques, compte tenu des enjeux environnementaux, économiques et sociaux. Depuis plusieurs années, diverses mesures daction publique ont été tes[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Ce rapport vient en appui au projet Interreg Europe « Ecowaste 4 Food ». Dans la première partie, lenjeu consistait en une définition du périmètre du gaspillage alimentaire. A partir de cela a été présenté un ensemble dinitiatives qui traite s[...]Article
T. Ben Hassen ; H. El Bilali ; M.S. Allahyari ; I.M. Kamel ; H. Ben Ismail ; H. Debbabi ; K. Sassi |The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying patterns among adults. However, the pandemic has impacted women and m[...]Article
There are generational differences in beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours with respect to food consumption and waste in households. Understanding these generational differences is necessary to be able to effectively combat household food waste. H[...]Article
There are few examples in the existing literature that address the quantitative linkages between food waste, food security, and environmental sustainability, at global scale. Here we develop a new panel database on household food waste at the na[...]Article
A. Coudard ; E. Corbin ; J. de Koning ; A. Tukker ; J.M. Mogollón |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 a[...]Article
J.U. Gustavo ; L.R. Trento ; M. de Souza ; G.M. Pereira ; A.B. Lopes de Sousa Jabbour ; N.O. Ndubisi ; C.J. Chiappetta Jabbour ; M. Borchardt ; L. Zvirtes |This article seeks to identify and analyze green marketing actions that can reduce food waste (FW) of short shelf life (SSL) products by retailers and to propose effective FW mitigation strategies. The article is based on a multiple case study o[...]Article
C. Caldeira ; V. De Laurentiis ; A. Ghose ; S. Corrado ; S. Sala |National studies on food waste quantification in EU countries present highly discrepant results due to the different quantification approaches adopted. The European Commission has published a delegated act establishing a common methodology and m[...]Article
V. Amicarelli ; G. Lagioia ; S. Sampietro ; C. Bux |Food waste represents a multi-sectoral issue and influences the economy, society and environment. Considering that over 50% of food waste is generated from household consumption, the issue has been included among the 17 Sustainable Development G[...]Article
The reduction of food waste, especially in households where more than half of its global quantity is generated, has become an increasing economic, social and environmental concern, and represents one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals withi[...]Article
R. Ramanathan ; U. Ramanathan ; K. Pelc ; I. Hermens |Food waste is a serious global problem. Efforts to reduce food waste are closely linked to the concepts of circular economy and sustainability. Though food organizations across the world are making efforts to reduce waste in their supply chains,[...]Article
Food waste has become an area of increasing concern in recent years, since unsustainable food waste practices have been associated with a range of adverse environmental, economic and societal impacts. Food waste is a multi-sectoral issue and mus[...]Article
C. Cicatiello ; E. Blasi ; C. Giordano ; A. Martella ; S. Franco |Retail food waste represents a minor fraction of the total amount of food waste produced along the food supply chain (tenfold lower than the quantity of food disposed of by consumers at home). However, the role of retailers is crucial in shaping[...]Article
This paper attempts to identify the impact of food wastage on economic growth using the data for 165 countries over the 2014?2018 period. With the help of ordinary least squares (OLS) and generalized linear model (GLM), the study shows that food[...]Article
Food waste has adverse economic, social, and environmental impacts and increases the prevalence of food insecurity. Panic buying at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak raised serious concerns about a potential rise in food waste levels and hi[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Ce mémoire de fin d'études a pour objet d'évaluer l'impact des circuits de commercialisation sur le gaspillage alimentaire en France. Il vient compléter un travail effectué en stage à l'IAM de Montpellier qui consistait en une revue des initiati[...]Article
Food systems are plagued by the grand sustainability challenge of food waste, which represents a urging issue from economic, environmental and social point of view. The Circular Economy paradigm can open up different actions which are framed wit[...]Article
C. Fabi ; F. Cachia ; P. Conforti ; A. English ; J. Rosero Moncayo |Food Losses and Waste (FLW) have received increased attention in the past decade especially after the 20072008 food crisis, which has rekindled debate about the global availability of food. This has highlighted the need to reduce harvest and po[...]Article
J. Music ; S. Charlebois ; L. Spiteri ; S. Farrell ; A. Griffin |The era of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a variety of individual lifestyle and behavioural changes, and could, therefore, potentially involve a shift towards more sustainable food systems. This research was conducted through an online su[...]Article
L.R. Trento ; G.M. Pereira ; C.J. Chiappetta Jabbour ; N.O. Ndubisi ; V. Mani ; M. Hingley ; M. Borchardt ; J.U. Gustavo ; M. de Souza |This exploratory paper investigates how to reduce 25% of the potential perishable processed food disposal (PPFD) in the industrial-retail sector in a specific emerging economy The data were collected through 28 semi-structured interviews with su[...]Article
G.-R. Ladaru ; D.M. Ilie ; M.C. Diaconeasa ; I.L. Petre ; F. Marin ; V. Lazar |The behavior of vegetable consumption in the context of sustainable development has become a point of interest. Determining the barriers and the drivers for developing a sustainable consumption pattern, including food, should be a priority for e[...]Article
H. Bourgade ; O. Chartier ; E. Cluzel ; N. Hémon ; P. Dole ; F. Zuber |Cet article porte sur les innovations technologiques pouvant être mises en uvre par les industries agroalimentaires pour agir sur le gaspillage dans la distribution, la restauration et la consommation finale par les ménages. Dans le cadre dune[...]Article
Innovations in food packaging, such as active and intelligent ones, improve food safety and lower household food waste by extending product shelf life and providing information about food quality, respectively. The consumer adoption of such inno[...]Article
Dans un contexte de lutte contre le gaspillage alimentaire, des plateformes à visée sociale émergent afin de récupérer et redistribuer les invendus alimentaires. Par létude qualitative de deux de ces plateformes, leur rôle dintermédiation logi[...]Article
Investigating logistics-related food loss drivers: a study on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain
Food loss is one of the significant threats to sustainable development. Although various studies investigating food loss drivers disclosed that logistics is a significant reason for food loss, logistics-related food loss drivers have not been th[...]Article
Food waste is a global issue with major environmental and socio-economic implications. The problem is even worse in Arab countries where tremendous amounts of food are wasted everyday. In this study, we engaged in an ethnographic journey documen[...]