This study offers a systematic review of 59 articles on consumer food waste, categorizing 116 factors into behavioral, personal, product, and societal influences. The findings reveal the complexity of consumer food waste and propose a framework linking waste factors across the household food chain. This integrative approach promotes targeted interventions by recognizing varied, context-dependent causal pathways in food waste generation, aiming to guide policy and program development.
Context and quantification
About the policy
Area
Food policy, Waste reduction
Instrument
Consumer awareness, Food distribution improvements
Intervention
Systematic literature review
Cost
None
Funding
National government
Institutional arrangement
None
Impacts
Stakeholders involved
Households, policymakers
Stakeholders impacted
Consumers
Wellbeing
Environment, Health
Justice consideration
Procedural, Distributional
Metadata
| Lead author name | Daphne Roodhuyzen |
|---|---|
| Lead author gender | Female |
| Lead author institution | Wageningen University & Research |
| Lead author institution location | Wageningen, Netherlands |
| Peer reviewed? | true |
| Grey literature? | false |
| Type of paper | Review |
| Volume | 68 |
| Publication year | 2017 |
| URL / DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2017.07.009 |
| Sufficiency mentioned? | true |