Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach

Chauhan, Chetna; Dhir, Amandeep; Akram, Manzoor Ul; Salo, Jari

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126438

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“…Recent public attention and global initiatives to battle global hunger and improve food security have increased the issue of food loss and waste reduction (Porat et al, 2018). Researchers report 24, 24 and 35% of food losses in processing, postharvest and consumption stadiums in the food supply chains (Chauhan et al, 2021). Further, one of the most significant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to reduce malnutrition and hunger (Duro et al, 2020), and food waste is one of the core elements to decrease hunger in the world.…”

Section: Hunger Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Environmental concerns are described as the degree to which consumers are aware of environmental damage (Dhir et al, 2021a). Wastage of food is one of the major sources of environmental pollution (Dhir et al, 2020;Chauhan et al, 2021). Globally, food waste is producing several gases that proved detrimental to the environment (FAO, 2014).…”

Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Measurement of consumer awareness of food waste: construct development with a confirmatory factor analysis

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PurposeThis study aims to examine the role of hunger, environmental, economic, landfill and water shortage concerns as significant dimensions of consumer social awareness marketing in socially responsible plate food consumption.Design/methodology/approachTo carry out their purpose, the authors validate the hypothesized model empirically through data from 1,536 households using structural equation modeling (SEM). In particular, the construct measures of the structural model have been tested by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).FindingsThe outcome the authors came up with is coherent with the hypothesized model, and it proves a positive relationship of the five dimensions identified on consumer awareness. Moreover, the study results show the crucial role of landfill and water shortage concerns in measuring consumer awareness.Practical implicationsThese findings may be of interest to practitioners, academics and policymakers for socially responsible food consumption guidance and training for planning consumer awareness programs. More in detail, this study offers the indication that the dimensions of the social consumer awareness construct are differing from commercial consumer awareness.Originality/valueEven though several previous studies have addressed the concept of consumer awareness concerning product and service purchase decisions, this is one of the first research studies on consumer awareness as a multidimensional construct in social marketing studies domain.

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Section: Hunger Concernmentioning

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Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

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Measurement of consumer awareness of food waste: construct development with a confirmatory factor analysis

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“…The high FLW levels are generated due to many factors throughout the entire food supply chain (FSC), as shown in Fig. 2 (Chauhan et al 2021). To fight food waste with a circular view, FLW should be reinserted into the value chain, through a valorisation system, keeping its value as high as possible (Sangiorgio et al 2020;Teigiserova et al 2020) and providing economic opportunities and new job positions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Tenebrio molitor in the circular economy: a novel approach for plastic valorisation and PHA biological recovery

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The increase in the world population leads to rising demand and consumption of plastic raw materials; only a small percentage of plastics is recovered and recycled, increasing the quantity of waste released into the environment and losing its economic value. The plastics represent a great opportunity in the circular perspective of their reuse and recycling. Research is moving, on the one hand, to implement sustainable systems for plastic waste management and on the other to find new non-fossil-based plastics such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). In this review, we focus our attention on Tenebrio molitor (TM) as a valuable solution for plastic biodegradation and biological recovery of new biopolymers (e.g. PHA) from plastic-producing microorganisms, exploiting its highly diversified gut microbiota. TM’s use for plastic pollution management is controversial. However, TM microbiota is recognised as a source of plastic-degrading microorganisms. TM-based plastic degradation is improved by co-feeding with food loss and waste as a dietary energy source, thus valorising these low-value substrates in a circular economy perspective. TM as a bioreactor is a valid alternative to traditional PHA recovery systems with the advantage of obtaining, in addition to highly pure PHA, protein biomass and rearing waste from which to produce fertilisers, chitin/chitosan, biochar and biodiesel. Finally, we describe the critical aspects of these TM-based approaches, mainly related to TM mass production, eventual food safety problems, possible release of microplastics and lack of dedicated legislation.

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“…These ideas on the importance of monitoring and quantifying FLW are also found in the literature on Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) mitigation (Xue et a. 2017;Sheahan and Barrett 2017;Chauhan et al 2021).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…First, the spatial coverage o is narrow. Most research is conducted in more industrialized countries like the UK, United States, and Sweden (Xue et al 2017;Chauhan et al (2021). Second, large numbers of studies focus on food waste at the retail and consumer levels, with a more limited body of research focusing on food loss along the food chain.…”

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The EFFICIENT protocol : A pragmatic and integrated methodology for food loss and waste quantification, analysis of causes and intervention design

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Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach

Cited by 202 publications

References 131 publications

Measurement of consumer awareness of food waste: construct development with a confirmatory factor analysis

Measurement of consumer awareness of food waste: construct development with a confirmatory factor analysis

Tenebrio molitor in the circular economy: a novel approach for plastic valorisation and PHA biological recovery

The EFFICIENT protocol : A pragmatic and integrated methodology for food loss and waste quantification, analysis of causes and intervention design

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