Fridge studies – Rummage through the fridge to understand food waste

Heidenstrøm, Nina; Hebrok, Marie

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2021.105321

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“…However, the words Energy “Recovery,” “Life Cycle,” “Value,” “Assessment” appear respectively five times and the words “Recycling,” “Anaerobic Digestion,” “Compost,” “Recovery” appear respectively four times. These words constitute the different CE practices most suggested by researchers in the food supply chain to prevent, reduce and valorize “Food Waste.” The studies by Heidenstrøm and Hebrok (2021) contribute significantly in developing a deeper understanding of the potential opportunities of contributing new systems and closed‐loop strategies around the recovered waste. We noted that few consumers are aware of the environmental benefits of value‐added recycled products in supply chains (Coderoni & Perito, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Circular economy of waste in agrifood supply chain: A review

Ouro‐Salim

Guarnieri

2022

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Through a systematic literature review (SLR), this study aims to analyze the progress achieved in international literature regarding the circular economy (CE) of food waste. As a result, we realized that most of the authors considered had proposed different mathematical models, chemical and thermal treatment methods, statistical, and conceptual frameworks, besides that quantitative and qualitative studies to explain the processes related to the waste and CE in the agrifood sector. Furthermore, in business, management, and accounting, the CE of food waste focuses on added value and optimizing energy use rather than approaching the principles of reduction, reuse, and recycling. This study constitutes a first attempt at understanding the CE of food waste in business, management, and accounting fields of knowledge. This SLR can assist decision-makers, managers, and governments to formulate policies and strategies to effectively implement CE in agrifood supply chains.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular economy of waste in agrifood supply chain: A review

Ouro‐Salim

Guarnieri

2022

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…Food storage has been proposed as a methodological entry point to examine everyday food practices (Joosse and Marshall 2020;Heidenstrøm and Hebrok 2021). Here, I shift my attention to the storage practices by using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire and consulting popular magazines.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, food storage reflects cultural change and continuity through our cohabitation with food, which can be noted in several ethnographically inspired studies. These studies investigate storage practices as part of broader food phenomena, such as cooking, shopping, restaurant practices and waste, often in relation to sustainability (to name a few authors: Evans 2011; Gojard and Véron 2018;Heidenstrøm and Hebrok 2021;Carrillo Ocampo et al 2021). However, few studies focus primarily on storage practices to understand how and why people store food.…”

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“…Several scholars have explored how refrigeration technology, fridges, and freezers have changed our food consumption, notion of freshness and the ways we cohabit and interact with technology (e.g., Shove and Southerton 2000;Watkins 2008;Freidberg 2009;Rees 2013). However, when moving beyond the storage container, food storage practices have received moderate attention in food studies, with few examples (see, e.g., Evans 2011;Heidenstrøm and Hebrok 2021). Consequently, this article, uses Sweden as the empirical context to explore how and why people store food, and thus investigates how everyday life, with its routines and unpredictability, is managed through food storage practices.…”

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Prepared for a crisis and the unexpected: managing everyday eventualities through food storage practices

Marshall

2021

Food, Culture & Society

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How and why do people store food? What norms, skills and items are involved in practices of stocking up and keeping food in pantries, refrigerators, and freezers? Despite an increasing interest in everyday food practices within food studies, research on domestic food storage practices is limited. In this article I depart from a practice theoretical framework to explore how food storage practices are made meaningful and involve certain competences and materials, with focus on preparedness. I draw on findings from a study on food storage in Sweden using an open-ended questionnaire and popular consumer magazines. The findings show that storing food is a concrete way of managing daily food work, time, social obligations, and potential societal crises. Households' food storage practices are attempts to manage and control everyday life with its routines and disruptions, and the immediate, distant, or imagined future. However, societal advice for of long-term storage, for example for crises, is challenged by normalized storage spaces, skills, and values attached to food and food storage. I conclude by proposing that a new rationale relating to storage economy may influence the meaning, competences, and materials of food storage practices in favor of household preparedness.

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“…Others highlight the significance of classifications (like pure/fresh and waste/polluted/dangerous food stuffs) for social order and social belonging and investigate how consumers categorize foods (Heidenstrøm & Hebrok, 2021). Gille (2013) analyzes food waste as a systemic and cultural issue that is an integral part of modern societies.…”

Section: Theories About Food Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

Food waste interventions: Barriers on the way to sustainable food systems

Marouli

2023

Sustainable Development

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Food waste is an important concern of modern societies, and the European Union has committed to significantly reducing it, especially at the consumption level. This comparative case study analysis examines the barriers that actual interventions in the EU have experienced and explores the mechanisms and dynamics behind them using meta‐ethnographic approaches. Barriers relating to culture, politics and policies, administration, the economy, and the spatial and temporal organization of life were identified. It is concluded that food waste reduction is a bundle of interrelated practices, and it is best understood with a sociological approach that focuses on social practices rather than individuals. Concepts that emerged as important include risk and the spatial and temporal organization of everyday life. This study proposes that a focus on the nexus of food waste generation–risk–household dynamics–spatial/temporal organization of urban life, as well as the use of interventions (rather than individuals) as units of analysis are fruitful directions for future research and action.

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Fridge studies – Rummage through the fridge to understand food waste

Cited by 18 publications

References 69 publications

Circular economy of waste in agrifood supply chain: A review

Circular economy of waste in agrifood supply chain: A review

Prepared for a crisis and the unexpected: managing everyday eventualities through food storage practices

Food waste interventions: Barriers on the way to sustainable food systems

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