Contextualising food waste prevention - Decisive moments within everyday practices

Hebrok, Marie; Heidenstrøm, Nina

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.141

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“…The tools can also be internal and abstract, such as the multiplication table, a cognitive model, and language [38]. Within the consumer food waste topic, similar concepts of external and internal tools have also been proposed and applied by Hebrok and Heiddenstrom [14] and Ygnfalk [39]. In their studies, the knowledge that people need for assessing the edibility of food items through date labels is defined as external institutionalized knowledge, while the knowledge needed for assessing the edibility of food items through sensory perceptions is defined as embodied knowledge.…”

Section: Activity Theoretical Lensmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to bridge this gap, various consumer behavior change interventions were proposed in the literature. The commonality among these interventions was the emphasis of communicating date labeling information at consumers' real food-handling contextual settings [12,14]. For instance, education campaigns about helping consumers to better understand label differences were regarded as more effective at the point of sale [15,24,62].…”

Section: Consumers' Perception and Use Of Date And Storage Labelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To address these tensions, proposals for action have been made to empower consumers' confidence and embodied knowledge in using their sensory perceptions [14,58]. Communicating food-handling knowledge to consumers was regarded as the most direct solution [19,65].…”

Section: Consumers' Embodied Knowledge and Use Of Sensory Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is further supported by a packaging and food waste study conducted by Williams et al [22], in which food waste of 61 households in Sweden was analyzed, indicating that environmentally educated households wasted less food that passed its "Best before" date. Except for the education campaigns, many studies have proposed that product packaging can be used to provide consumers with additional information about how to better use the "Best before" date [8,14,21,22,58,60]. This information includes detailed explanation of the meaning of the "Best before" date [23,70,71]; explicit guidance about whether it is safe to taste the content and then make a judgment [21,22,60]; innovative ways to show product freshness on packaging [19,79]; tips about how to better assess product freshness by using sensory perceptions [14,58]; and brief descriptions about food waste issues [58].…”

Section: Tensions Within Consumer Interaction With "Best Before" Datementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Education and awareness campaigns are insufficient in achieving food waste reduction. Date and storage labeling need to be communicated at consumers' real food-handling contextual setting [14].…”

Section: Communicate Knowledge In Activity Contextual Settingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tensions and Opportunities: An Activity Theory Perspective on Date and Storage Label Design through a Literature Review and Co-Creation Sessions

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On-pack date and storage labeling is one of the direct information carriers used by the food industry to communicate product shelf-life attributes to consumers. However, it is also one of the major factors that contribute to consumer food waste issues. This study aims to systematically understand the existing tensions within the current date and storage labeling system and explore the potential opportunities for design to intervene. First, we conducted a literature review to identify tensions that the consumer encounters in their food edibility assessment system and summarize the corresponding proposal for actions. 12 tensions and 16 proposals for action were identified and further framed according to a conceptual model developed in this study. Following this, the literature findings were refined and grounded in co-creation sessions in consumer workshops and industry practitioner interviews to develop specific labeling-related design implications. The findings indicate the importance of investigating the role that date and storage labeling play from a system level. Furthermore, we suggest that the conceptual model developed in this study can be used not only as a framework that guides researchers to identify and analyze labeling-related food waste problems that each individual consumer encounters, but also as a guideline that assists packaging design practitioners in exploring potential design opportunities to solve the problem from a system perspective.

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Drivers and barriers in the institutionalisation of circular economy practices in food supply chains: A review

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2023

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The circular economy (CE) has gained global attention for its potential to promote sustainable production and consumption through continuous growth and the efficient use of resources. Despite several reports highlighting its benefits, there is still a lack of concrete and proven studies examining the importance of institutional pressures for the transition towards CE in food supply chains. This study aims to address this gap by conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify the drivers and barriers to the institutionalisation of CE in food supply chains, and to propose practical and managerial implications for achieving this transition through institutional pressure. We reviewed 25 studies and conducted a descriptive analysis of papers per year and journal, followed by a categorical thematic analysis. The results indicate that normative pressures were the most frequently identified among the different institutional pressures, followed by mimetic and coercive pressures. Therefore, promoting CE in food supply chains may require the implementation of laws, policies, and strict governance to reduce risks. This paper contributes to the existing literature and provides valuable insights for researchers and practitioners interested in the transition towards a CE in food supply chains.

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Circular economy adoption challenges in the food supply chain for sustainable development

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Food loss and waste are major issues in the food industry, and they affect all stages of the food supply chain (FSC). Food loss and waste are linked to environmental deterioration, economic loss, and an increase in hunger. Therefore, the food industry requires sustainable consumption and production (SCP) to reduce losses and waste.The circular economy (CE) concept has become a popular strategy for reducing food waste and boosting sustainability. Therefore, with efficient reverse logistics in the FSC, food producers can help achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) like SCP and zero hunger. In literature, minimal research has been available in identifying the CE adoption challenges in FSC. This research identifies 15 critical challenges from the literature and discussion with the panel of experts. The relationship between the challenges has been established through an interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique. The challenges were characterized in cause-effect according to their relational intensity obtained using the grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique. Grey's relational theory is applied in DEMATEL to minimize uncertainty and vagueness of the expert judgment. The findings of this study suggest that creating policy from the government, providing incentives, and strictly enforcing environmental regulations are the most critical challenge. Hence, by focusing on the above, the effective adoption of the CE principle is achieved. This result also suggests that by addressing the challenges of CE, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be performed. This study provides some recommendations for the practitioners to adopt CE towards sustainable development targets.

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Contextualising food waste prevention - Decisive moments within everyday practices

Cited by 122 publications

References 25 publications

Tensions and Opportunities: An Activity Theory Perspective on Date and Storage Label Design through a Literature Review and Co-Creation Sessions

Tensions and Opportunities: An Activity Theory Perspective on Date and Storage Label Design through a Literature Review and Co-Creation Sessions

Drivers and barriers in the institutionalisation of circular economy practices in food supply chains: A review

Circular economy adoption challenges in the food supply chain for sustainable development

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