Reasons for household food waste with special attention to packaging

By H. Williams, F. Wikström, Tobias Otterbring, Martin Löfgren, Anders Gustafsson. 2012

548 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Food Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Marketing

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In Food Science

1. J. Aschemann‐Witzel
2. T. Bech-Larsen
3. J. Parente
4. P. van der Werf
5. Brian Wansink
6. Pegah Amani
7. I. D. Hooge
8. J. Seabrook

In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

1. J. Aschemann‐Witzel
2. J. Parente
3. P. van der Werf
4. Brian Wansink
5. J. Seabrook
6. Jason Gilliland
7. Gustavo Porpino
8. Hong Liu

In Marketing

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2. J. Parente
3. Brian Wansink
4. Gustavo Porpino
5. Aradhna Krishna
6. Pierre Chandon

Citations in the corpus

• Food waste drivers in Europe, from identification to possible interventions (2016, background): “The packet size and material must also be optimal to avoid waste in the households [31].”
• Packaging-Related Food Losses and Waste: An Overview of Drivers and Issues (2019, background): “As the authors state, the waste associated with emptying a yogurt package was very different between the two surveyed groups, one with education about environmental issues and one without [39].”
• Household Food Waste Behavior: Avenues for Future Research (2016, background): “2010) Large plates / visual consumption norms (Wansink and van Ittersum 2013) Behavioral and/or cultural: Overpreparation (Blair and Sobal 2006; Cox and Downing 2007; Quested and Johnson 2009; Evans 2011; Gustavsson et al. 2011; Koivupuro et al. 2012; Williams et al. 2012; Beretta et al. 2013; Graha”
• Food Waste Paradox: Antecedents of Food Disposal in Low-Income Households (2015, background): “…al. (2012) Lack of knowledge about food storage and handling Parfitt et al. (2010), Terpstra et al. (2005), Koivupuro et al. (2012), Barilla (2012), Williams et al. (2012), Plumb and Downing (2013) Stocking food at home Long storage time (e.g. exceed expiration date or spoiled leftovers) Kantor et…”
• “Reduce Food Waste, Save Money”: Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste (2019, background): “For instance, the financial impacts of purchasing too much food is a driver that can reduce food waste (GrahamRowe et al., 2014; Quested et al., 2013; Williams et al., 2012).”
• Food Waste Generation at Household Level: Results of a Survey among Employees of Two European Research Centers in Italy and Germany (2015, background): “[23], 61 Swedish households participated; Selzer [24] investigated 30 households in Austria; and Langley et al.”
• Bio-sourced polymers as alternatives to conventional food packaging materials: A review (2021, background): “However, about 20–25% of the residential food waste worldwide is due to conventional packaging design (Williams et al., 2012).”