Factors affecting household food waste among young consumers and actions to prevent it. A comparison among UK, Spain and Italy

L Bravi, B Francioni, F Murmura, E Savelli - Resources, Conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Food waste is a critical issue with multiple ethical, environmental and economic
consequences. The aim of this study is to investigate which factors most affect food waste …

Quantification and determination of household food waste and its relation to sociodemographic characteristics in Croatia

B Ilakovac, N Voca, L Pezo, M Cerjak - Waste management, 2020 - Elsevier
Every year in the EU alone, almost 90 million tonnes of food is lost. The sectors contributing
the most to this amount are households, accounting for 53% of total food waste. Bearing in …

Restaurant food waste and the determinants of its effective management in Bulgaria: An exploratory case study of restaurants in Plovdiv

V Filimonau, H Fidan, I Alexieva, S Dragoev… - Tourism Management …, 2019 - Elsevier
Restaurant food waste represents a significant societal challenge in transitional economies
where frequency of dining out is rising. The problem of restaurant food waste in this context …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Machine Learning to support production planning of a food industry in the context of waste generation under uncertainty

A Garre, MC Ruiz, E Hontoria - Operations Research Perspectives, 2020 - Elsevier
Food production is a complex process where uncertainty is very relevant (eg stochastic yield
and demand, variability in raw materials and ingredients…), resulting in differences between …

[HTML][HTML] Community social capital and status: The social dilemma of food waste

S Piras, F Pancotto, S Righi, M Vittuari, M Setti - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
In developed countries, the largest share of food is wasted at the household level.
Household food waste results from a complex interaction between economic factors, well …

From social interactions to private environmental behaviours: The case of consumer food waste

S Piras, S Righi, M Setti, N Koseoglu… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumer food waste, like many environmental behaviours, takes place in private, and is
not directly subject to social monitoring. Nevertheless, social interactions can affect private …

[HTML][HTML] Food waste reduction and economic savings in times of crisis: The potential of machine learning methods to plan guest attendance in Swedish public catering …

C Malefors, L Secondi, S Marchetti… - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2022 - Elsevier
Food waste is a significant problem within public catering establishments in any normal
situation. During spring 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic placed the public catering system …

Towards sustainable food systems: exploring household food waste by photographic diary in relation to unprocessed, processed and ultra-processed food

H Barker, PJ Shaw, B Richards, Z Clegg, DM Smith - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global society is wasting food at unsustainable levels, and unconsumed food is contributing
markedly to carbon emissions. Simultaneously, food insecurity and obesity are increasingly …

Food waste behaviour at the consumer level: Pilot study on Czech private households

L Kubíčková, L Veselá, M Kormaňáková - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The issue of food waste is a problem that affects the whole society. Food is wasted
throughout the food chain. Households are great contributors to the problem. A detailed …

Toward the creation of novel food waste management systems: A network approach

S Ghinoi, F Silvestri, B Steiner - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In light of the global significance of food waste, a greater focus on improving food waste
management strategies is called for. Implementing such management strategies requires a …