This study assesses food losses in Switzerland across the entire value chain, finding that households contribute significantly to avoidable waste. The authors use mass and energy flow analysis to quantify losses and suggest that nearly half of all food loss could be reduced through targeted mitigation. The study highlights household behavior and processing inefficiencies as key areas for intervention.
Context and quantification
About the policy
Area
Waste reduction
Instrument
MFA, EFA
Intervention
50% loss prevention in food chain
Cost
None
Funding
None
Institutional arrangement
None
Impacts
Stakeholders involved
Producers, households
Stakeholders impacted
Consumers
Wellbeing
Environment
Justice consideration
Distributional
Metadata
Lead author name | Claudio Beretta |
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Lead author gender | Male |
Lead author institution | ETH Zurich |
Lead author institution location | Zurich, Switzerland |
Peer reviewed? | true |
Grey literature? | false |
Type of paper | Research article |
Volume | 33 |
Publication year | 2013 |
URL / DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.007 |
Sufficiency mentioned? | true |