Analysing behavioural and socio-demographic factors and practices influencing Australian household food waste

Ananda, Jayanath; Karunasena, Gamithri Gayana; Mitsis, Ann; Kansal, Monika; Pearson, David

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127280

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“…According to Swedish Environmental Research Institute [19], the majority of food waste is produced by households; this implies that end parts of the food chain are the most significant sources of waste. Kummu et al [3], Griffin et al [1], Gooch and Felfel [15], Parfitt et al [2], and other authors agree with this statement and provide data that even in the US [7,26], in Canada [15], in Australia [27,28], or in other developed countries [8,29], the most food waste is produced by households.…”

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Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

2021

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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 analysis of municipal waste from the production of 900 Czech households was performed. These datasets allowed for comprehensive insides. The analyses of mixed municipal waste were performed every quarter of the year (summer 2019–spring 2020). The method of municipal waste analysis was supplemented by questionnaire survey among households and 10 in-depth interviews aimed at identifying the main causes of waste. One of the periods in which food waste was measured was affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This finding has also been confirmed by findings from other countries. The climatic crisis multiplied by the impacts of COVID-19 has highlighted the need to actively address the issue of food waste.

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Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

2021

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“…Recent research has used audience segmenting to identify specific community engagement strategies [24][25][26]97,98]. This runs alongside studies into use of social media marketing and messaging, with the latter showing better results in raising household food waste awareness than the more traditional methods [23,33,99].…”

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“…Whilst avoidance and diversion have used a variety of theoretical frameworks, both establish similar ranges of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and barriers relating to household food waste behaviours, with attitude, partially informed by awareness, as a primary force [102]. Seeking better understanding of subliminal relationships with household food waste behaviours continues to draw together a range of concepts, such as 'nudging' towards behaviour [103], spillover from other interventions [24], or creating cognitive dissonance [94,96]. It can be argued that diversion via FOGO can utilize these same understandings by extending consumer responsibility beyond the kerbside and connecting inputs with outputs.…”

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“…Audience segmentation is one means of categorising levels of community response and defining potential approaches [24,96,100]. These categories orientate mostly around sociodemographic factors such as age, family/home composition, gender, and income levels [97,100,106], together with the external influences of culture, location and country [107,108].…”

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“…These toolkits apply branches of current research to support and advise individual councils. These branches range from behaviour change [23][24][25][26] and community engagement methodologies [27][28][29], to analysis of governance [3,30], and system research and review [31][32][33]. With system selection at the discretion of the councils, these toolkits aim to provide adaptable situational analysis tools, methods, and implementation choices, with a strong emphasis on supporting pro-social/environmental behaviours [34][35][36].…”

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Using Post-Kerbside Organics Treatment Systems to Engage Australian Communities with Pro-Environmental Household Food Waste Behaviours

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Dealing with the wicked problem of global food waste and loss is a complex and challenging area. In Australia, increased political will has landed the diversion of domestic food waste from landfill squarely at the feet of local government (councils), often requiring significant change to kerbside collections systems. This paper discusses how post-kerbside household food waste treatment systems can encourage pro-environmental behaviours. To achieve this, current food waste literature is examined against kerbside domestic waste collection measurable outcomes (diversion rates, system uptake and contamination rates). The hypothesis is that specific interventions can establish, or rebuild, community trust, responsibility and pro-environmental behaviours around food waste avoidance and diversion. Two post-kerbside systems—commercial composting and anaerobic digestion—provided the framework. Two themes emerged from the study: (1) the benefits of connecting the community with the interactions of household food waste inputs with post-treatment outputs (compost, soil conditioners, digestates and biogases); and (2) providing engaged communities with pathways for sustainable, pro-environmental actions whilst normalizing correct kerbside food waste recycling for the less engaged (habitual behaviours, knowledge and cooperation). The paper contributes to understanding how councils can connect their communities with the issues of household food waste.

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Determinants of household food waste behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: an integrated model

Fozouni Ardekani,

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Analysing behavioural and socio-demographic factors and practices influencing Australian household food waste

Cited by 50 publications

References 37 publications

Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Using Post-Kerbside Organics Treatment Systems to Engage Australian Communities with Pro-Environmental Household Food Waste Behaviours

Determinants of household food waste behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: an integrated model

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