Generational differences in food management skills and their impact on food waste in households

Karunasena, Gamithri Gayana; Ananda, Jayanath; Pearson, David

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105890

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“…Although, sometimes, they have difficulties with some areas because they lack appropriate knowledge and experience [141]. This is the case, for example, in terms of reducing food waste habits and waste reduction [17,142].…”

Section: Generation Z Behavioursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Mobility in a Smart City in the Context of Generation Z Sustainability, Use of ICT, and Participation

2022

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Smart sustainable cities represent a great challenge for the modern world. Generation Z (Gen Z), whose representatives are now entering adult life, will play a key role in the implementation of this concept. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of the relationship between the evaluation of smart mobility’s importance for a smart city and the attitudes and behaviours of Generation Z members in the context of sustainability, use of ICT, and their declarative and actual participation in smart-city activities. The diagnostic survey method was used to achieve the research objective. The authors designed the questionnaire based on a literature analysis. The research sample consisted of 484 representatives of Generation Z—students of universities located in a smart city, Lublin (Poland). The collected data was statistically analysed using the following methods and statistical tests: Cronbach’s alpha, Pearson’s chi-square test for independence, symmetric measures: Cramer’s V, and the contingency coefficient. The analysis of the obtained research results confirms that the conscious approach of Generation Z to sustainability has a significant and positive impact on their evaluation of actions taken in the field of smart mobility for a smart city. A similar relationship was confirmed with regard to the relationship between ICT use and smart-mobility evaluation. The significant and positive impact of young people’s participation in smart cities on their evaluation of smart-mobility solutions’ importance was not fully and unequivocally confirmed. In conclusion, the Generation Z representatives’ awareness of the importance of sustainability and caring for the natural environment was confirmed by their desire to be pro-ecological in the areas of smart mobility studied in the paper. Moreover, young people who constantly use the latest technologies see their huge potential for the development of smart mobility in cities. However, despite the growing expectations of citizens’ active attitudes and their increasing participation in smart-mobility development, it seems that the representatives of Generation Z are not really interested in it. Their declarations of willingness to join various opinion-forming and decision making processes do not actually transform them into active co-creators of smart-mobility solutions. Changing this approach can be an educational, organisational and technological challenge for smart-city authorities. The obtained research results could be used as guidelines for facilitating the search for innovative solutions in the area of smart mobility, improving the quality of life of smart-city residents based on the principle of sustainable development.

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Section: Generation Z Behavioursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Mobility in a Smart City in the Context of Generation Z Sustainability, Use of ICT, and Participation

2022

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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].…”

Section: Engagement and Empowerment: Generating Pro-environmental Pat...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…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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“…The empirical evidence on the predictive power of socio-demographic factors is not clear. Earlier studies have reported a negative correlation between age and the amount of household food waste -young people have a greater propensity to waste food than elderly people (Karunasena et al, 2021;Bravi et al, 2020;Visschers et al, 2016;Quested et al, 2013;Secondi et al, 2015). The food waste behavior of younger generations is related to a lack of food management skills, for example the inability to plan their schedules due to extensive activities such as studies, work and social life (Ellison et al, 2019;Ghinea and Ghiuta, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some researchers noticed that older consumers have more time and show high skill levels due to their involvement in food management around the home from an early stage of their lives (Conde-Caballero et al, 2021; Lanfranchi et al, 2016;Godfray et al, 2010). Additionally, personal experiences such as hunger or food insecurity are linked to concern about food waste (Karunasena et al 2021). McAdams and von Massow (2018) stated that guilt was the unanimous feeling established in the childhoods of elderly consumers, associated with food waste.…”

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Consumer Opinions on the Causes of Food Waste — Demographic and Economic Conditions

Ankiel-Homa

Samotyja

2021

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Reducing the quantities of food lost or wasted will be an emerging challenge in coming years. The sector contributing the most to food waste is households. The aim of this study is to evaluate consumer behavior on the food market in the context of wastage identification and assessment of consumer opinions in Poland regarding the causes of the problem of food waste in households. A quantitative study was carried out using individual direct questionnaire interviews (N = 1,145). Results showed that Polish consumer opinions regarding reasons for wasting food vary according to demographic and economic conditions. The least educated consumers and families with several children were found to be guided by economic premises in their purchases more often than other groups and plan their purchases more rationally. The causes of food wastage related to irrational behavior were more often named by consumers with higher standards of living and by the younger generation.

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Generational differences in food management skills and their impact on food waste in households

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

Smart Mobility in a Smart City in the Context of Generation Z Sustainability, Use of ICT, and Participation

Smart Mobility in a Smart City in the Context of Generation Z Sustainability, Use of ICT, and Participation

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

Consumer Opinions on the Causes of Food Waste — Demographic and Economic Conditions

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