Influence of socio‐demographical, behavioural and attitudinal factors on the amount of avoidable food waste generated in Finnish households

Koivupuro, Heta-Kaisa; Hartikainen, Hanna; Silvennoinen, Kirsi; Katajajuuri, Juha‐Matti; Heikintalo, Noora; Reinikainen, Anu; Jalkanen, Lotta

doi:10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01080.x

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“…Furthermore, Lily Zakiah et al (2005) found from their food wastes composition study, vegetable was the most wasted food items, while the females wasted significantly higher than males for all meals. This finding is similar to that of Koivupuro et al (2012) that single women generate more avoidable food wastes than their male counterparts. The reasons found contributing to plate waste at home ranges from food size, appetite, appearance of food, and temperature of foods and the time foods was served were factors found significantly contributing to food waste.…”

Section: Food Wastes In Malaysiasupporting

confidence: 86%

Food wastes and food security: The case of Malaysia

Jereme

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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Wasting foods is an affront to those in food insecurity. While thousands of these groups are in dare need of nutritious edible foods, households and restaurants alike are dumping large volumes of edible food wastes into waste bins on daily basis. The objectives of this study are to understand the need to use these large quantities of edible food wastes generated on daily basis by households, restaurants and hotels to reduce food insecurity among the poor households, the homeless and its other social impacts in Malaysia. This is because according to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Malaysia (MHLG), households food wastes volume alone is up to 8,745 tons/per day amounting to 3,192,404 tones/per year. These represent more than 38.32 percent of all total wastes generated: while restaurants generate 941,608 tones/per year, 23.35 percent. However, despite this wastage in Malaysia, previous studies on food security have shown that people in urban low-income households indicated prevalence of overall food insecurity at 65.7% to 66.6% respectively than 58% reported in the rural low-income communities. It is therefore imperative to the channel these foods through the establishment of food banks in some affluent and strategic location in the cities to reduce food insecurity and its environmental and social impacts on the society. Wasting foods have social, environment and economic impacts, and at the same time negates the effort towards sustainable food consumption which has for the last two decades becomes everyday discussions of societies at large.

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Section: Food Wastes In Malaysiasupporting

confidence: 86%

Food wastes and food security: The case of Malaysia

Jereme

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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“…Consumers' food waste behaviors are directly related to planning and shopping routines [50], having or lacking an overview of stocks, having or lacking knowledge about whether food can still be used and situational influences (e.g., specific purchase or consumption contexts; [51]). A diary study in Finland identified that gender, household composition, belief in packaging and perception of the "value of money" at purchase influence food waste [52], while it was mainly young, male and single consumers in research in Portugal [53] that wasted more food.…”

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Consumer-Related Food Waste: Causes and Potential for Action

Aschemann‐Witzel

Hooge

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Abstract:In the past decade, food waste has received increased attention on both academic and societal levels. As a cause of negative economic, environmental and social effects, food waste is considered to be one of the sustainability issues that needs to be addressed. In developed countries, consumers are one of the biggest sources of food waste. To successfully reduce consumer-related food waste, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the factors influencing food waste-related consumer perceptions and behaviors. The present paper presents the results of a literature review and expert interviews on factors causing consumer-related food waste in households and supply chains. Results show that consumers' motivation to avoid food waste, their management skills of food provisioning and food handling and their trade-offs between priorities have an extensive influence on their food waste behaviors. We identify actions that governments, societal stakeholders and retailers can undertake to reduce consumer-related food waste, highlighting that synergistic actions between all parties are most promising. Further research should focus on exploring specific food waste contexts and interactions more in-depth. Experiments and interventions in particular can contribute to a shift from analysis to solutions. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 6458

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“…Some distinctive characteristics of the urban households show significant correlations with the amount of FW individually produced. Households consisting of few members or one single person, of young members, of children, and relatively high income seem to be the features that are mostly related with higher FW production per capita [9,[13][14][15][16]22,30,55,104,[146][147][148][149][150][151]. Direct comparisons between urban and rural households indicate that the former are significantly higher FW producers [15,152].…”

Section: Fw Drivers Related To Wide Social Dynamics That Are Not Readmentioning

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“…According to several surveys, consumers in general deem that modern "busy" lifestyles make it much more difficult to perform good practices correctly that facilitate FW avoidance [16,25,[153][154][155][156]: in this sense, sociological analyses defined FW as "the fallout of the organization of everyday life" [136], and "a consequence of households enacting ordinary domestic practices and negotiating the contingencies of everyday life" [157]. Authors have also found gender-based diversities in FW generating behaviours, with women that seem to waste more than men in households [14,30,55,153,158,159], especially in single-person households and in meal consumption out of home because of excessive portion size [23].…”

Section: Fw Drivers Related To Wide Social Dynamics That Are Not Readmentioning

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Food Waste Drivers in Europe, from Identification to Possible Interventions

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Amani

Aramyan³

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Abstract:The growing volumes of food globally lost or wasted and implications for food security and sustainability have raised the concern of researchers, governments, international organizations and grass-root movements. Much research and experiences investigating food waste causes and drivers focus on one specific segment of the food supply chain and limit the analysis to the situation of one or few countries, while the few studies of wider geographical scope also target other relevant and diversified objectives (e.g., food waste definition, quantification, environmental and economic impacts, and recommendations for interventions). This study, carried out by a network of European institutions involved in research and initiatives against food waste, focuses on the analysis of a broad area, Europe, through a wide and systematic literature review and consultation with stakeholders in international focus groups. The food supply chain was divided into seven segments and three main contexts were defined for the examination of food waste sources: Technological, Institutional (related to organisational factors, i.e., business management, economy, legislation, and policy), and Social (related to consumers' behaviours and lifestyles). Results suggest a wide and multifaceted problem, interconnected across all stages of the food supply chain, from primary production, to final consumption. Within each context, the identified drivers have been grouped according to the possibilities and the type of interventions for food waste reduction. A final cross-contextual prioritization distinguished food waste sources related to (A) inherent characteristics of food; (B) social and economic factors; (C) individual non-readily changeable behaviours; (D) other priorities targeted by private and public stakeholders; (E) diversified factors, such as mismanagement, inefficient legislation, lack of awareness or information; and sub-optimal use of available technologies, which could be more promptly changed. Such diversification of causes calls for specific monitoring systems, targeted policy measures, and actions of individual stakeholders at each stage of the food supply chain.

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Influence of socio‐demographical, behavioural and attitudinal factors on the amount of avoidable food waste generated in Finnish households

Cited by 385 publications

References 8 publications

Food wastes and food security: The case of Malaysia

Food wastes and food security: The case of Malaysia

Consumer-Related Food Waste: Causes and Potential for Action

Food Waste Drivers in Europe, from Identification to Possible Interventions

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