From Measurement to Management: Food Waste in the Finnish Food Chain

Hartikainen, Hanna; Riipi, Inkeri; Katajajuuri, Juha‐Matti; Silvennoinen, Kirsi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20561-4_16

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“…No unified definition for food waste exists (for a review of the debate related to the definition of food waste, see, e.g., Hartikainen et al 2020). For the purposes of this study, we define "food waste" simply as a failure to use edible food items for human purposes (Alexander, Gregson, and Gille 2013).…”

Section: Framing the Food Waste Issue In Public Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Mesiranta¹,

Närvänen²,

Mattila³

2021

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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Food waste is a global sustainability issue that demands several stakeholders to participate in solving it. This article examines how different food system stakeholders are held responsible in the policy debate related to food waste reduction. The study adopts a framing approach, paying attention to the construction and negotiation of what is going on in the food waste related public policy debate. The data consist of documents generated as a result of food policy development processes in Finland. The authors identify four framings: eco-efficiency, solidarity, safety and appreciation. Within each framing, the issue of food waste is presented differently, and different stakeholders are responsibilized. The framings reveal the nature of food waste as a boundary object, a flexible and open-ended object that gains different context-dependent meanings. The study extends marketing literature on responsibilization by investigating several stakeholders besides consumers. Additionally, considering food waste as a boundary object unravels how stakeholders, even those with conflicting interests, can debate policy measures collaboratively. Finally, the authors outline policy implications related to each framing.

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Section: Framing the Food Waste Issue In Public Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Mesiranta¹,

Närvänen²,

Mattila³

2021

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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“…Some national initiatives [48,49] have put forward quantification standards. This is an essential first step to increase the number of participating organizations and to make the quantification data comparable and representative among participating organizations.…”

Section: The Road To 2030mentioning

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Towards a Baseline for Food-Waste Quantification in the Hospitality Sector—Quantities and Data Processing Criteria

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There is an urgent need for primary data collection on food waste to obtain solid quantification data that can be used as an indicator in the goal of halving food waste by 2030. This study examined how quality baselines for food waste can be achieved within the different segments of the hospitality sector, encompassing establishments such as canteens, elderly care units, hospitals, hotels, preschools, primary schools, restaurants, and upper secondary schools. The empirical material comprised food-waste quantification data measured in 1189 kitchens in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany for 58,812 quantification days and 23 million portions. All the data were converted to a common format for analysis. According to the findings, around 20% of food served became waste. Waste per portion varied widely between establishments, ranging from 50.1 ± 9.4 g/portion for canteens to 192 ± 30 g/portion for restaurants. To identify the measurement precision needed for tracking changes over time, we suggest statistical measures that could be used in future studies or in different food-waste tracking initiatives.

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“…Based on these findings, we recommend monitoring both the total quantity of food waste and its avoidable components separately by applying a comparable definition of avoidability across the supply chain as much as possible. This recommendation can also be found for Finland, where a clear focus is set on monitoring and preventing edible food waste [60]. Additionally, avoidable food waste quantities may be used to formulate reduction targets and promote a consensus between the political target of halving food waste and the feasibility of reducing food waste both in supply chains and at the consumer levels.…”

Section: Monitoring and Reporting Of Avoidable Food Wastementioning

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Food Waste Generation in Germany in the Scope of European Legal Requirements for Monitoring and Reporting

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The European Commission and the German government are committed to the United Nations SDG target 12.3 of reducing food waste along production chains and halving it at retail and consumer levels by 2030. European member states are required to monitor national food waste levels and report annual progress to the European Commission from 2020 onward. In this regard, the main objective of our study is to provide food waste quantities for Germany by applying methods meeting the legal requirements for monitoring and reporting within Europe-wide harmonized methodology. Our results refer to 2015 and are based on the best available data, using a combination of official statistics, surveys, and literature. We found that approx. 11.9 ± 2.4 million tonnes (144 ± 28 kg/(cap·year)) of food waste were generated in Germany, while the reduction potentials varied throughout the different sectors. Even though the underlying data show uncertainties, the outcome of the study represents a starting point for the upcoming monitoring activities in Germany by uncovering data and knowledge gaps. To meet the political reduction targets, a national food waste strategy was launched in 2019 by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which is an important step toward cooperation and exchange between actors along the entire food chain, raising awareness, and improving data quality, monitoring, and implementation of prevention measures in practice.

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From Measurement to Management: Food Waste in the Finnish Food Chain

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Towards a Baseline for Food-Waste Quantification in the Hospitality Sector—Quantities and Data Processing Criteria

Food Waste Generation in Germany in the Scope of European Legal Requirements for Monitoring and Reporting

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