Measurement of the scale of food waste and its resources and environmental effects at the consumer segment in China

Wang, Ling-en; NI, Xiao-wen; Li, Yunyun; Cheng, Shikun

doi:10.31497/zrzyxb.20210608

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“…The main statistical data sources used were: (i) the Commodity Balance Sheets (CBS) (FAO statistics) to obtain the production, import, export, stocks, supply and non-food uses of food per product group; (ii) the systematic reviews method to collect, collate, calculate and evaluate the FLW ratio; (iii) the environmental impact factors (carbon, water and land impact factors) taken from the mean values of impact factors obtained using LCA assessment in some research results [39][40][41]. Oilseeds and roots and tubers were classified as having the same environmental impact factors, according to the FAO [42].…”

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Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis

Zhang

Qiao

2022

IJERPH

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Evidence of China’s food loss and waste (FLW) and its increasing impacts on food security and environmental sustainability is urgently needed to guide policy intervention and avoid unnecessary damage to human health and the environment. This paper estimates the scale of China’s FLW in 2019 and assesses the environmental impacts of major food types along the entire food supply chain (FSC) by using a food balance and material flow analysis (MFA) based on existing empirical research. The results show a total FLW of 422.56 Mt which is around 22.37% of total food production (1889.12 Mt). There are also serious environmental impacts on the land footprint (LF), water footprint (WF), and the carbon footprint (CF) estimation (4152.36 × 109 gm2, 613.84 × 106 t CO2e and 506.07 × 109 m3 on average, respectively), most of which are found in foods of animal products, cereals, vegetables and fruit at the stages of consumption, agricultural production, postharvest handling and storage. In addition, the root causes of FLW generation at different levels—micro, meso and macro—were also analyzed. These results will provide significant guidance to researchers and decision-makers on primary data collection and reduction-policy development for China’s FLW.

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Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis

Zhang

Qiao

2022

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“…Liu et al, 2013; L. E. Wang et al, 2015, 2021). FAO (2011) reported that food waste is not only a waste of food itself but also of the water, energy, land, and materials used to produce it, and thus causes unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions.…”

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Identifying the Drivers of Food Waste in University Canteens in China: A Qualitative Approach

Cui,

Lin,

Qiu

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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The global food crisis has made food waste reduction an important area for research and practice. In China, food is frequently wasted in university canteens. Identifying the factors involved is critical for reducing waste and preserving resources and the environment. In contrast to previous studies of canteen food waste, which have mainly used quantitative research methods, this study adopted a qualitative approach to reveal the self-reported causes of food waste by students who eat at the canteens of a university in South China. The study identified material, economic, psychological, social, cultural, and health dimensions that influence food waste in university canteens. The results validate some previous findings and add novel factors not previously identified. This study argues that food waste is embedded in a complicated socio-cultural context, and hence it is difficult to take simple and direct management measures to reduce waste. Measures should be implemented to improve both the consumers’ consciousness of frugality and ecological conservation, and the quality and palatability of the served food.

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“…Especially in economically underdeveloped areas such as Asia and Africa, grain pressure and shortages of cultivated land become unavoidable practical problems. In addition, a modern economy and rapid development lead to a rigid growth in global grain demand [2,3]. Meanwhile, the competition for cultivated land resources in industry, agriculture, and other fields is increasingly fierce, which further aggravates the human-land conflict.…”

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Spatiotemporal Pattern and Driving Mechanism of Cultivated Land Use Transition in China

Jiang,

Chen,

Sun

et al. 2023

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In the past 20 years, the global economy has undergone tremendous changes with rapid industrialization and urbanization. Cultivated land is an important spatial carrier for human production and life, and its use pattern also changes with socioeconomic development. Natural, economic, social, and policy factors jointly drive the cultivated land use transition (CLUT). However, the spatiotemporal pattern and evolution characteristics of the CLUT at the national scale have not yet been clarified in China. Factors that play a leading role in the transition are also unclear. To this end, this paper explores the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the CLUT at a national scale and analyzes the main drivers and spatial differentiation rules of the transition based on relevant data from 31 provincial units on the Chinese mainland from 2000 to 2019. The results show that: (1) The CLUT in China from 2000 to 2019 had obvious stage characteristics. (2) The coordination degree of the CLUT was enhanced overall. Areas with a higher degree of coordination presented a spatial distribution pattern of small agglomeration and large dispersion, while low-level areas were distributed in spots. (3) Different drivers had various effects on the CLUT. The topography played an inhibitory role in the transition, and its influence showed obvious differences between the east and west regions. The effect of the construction land demand index shifted from inhibition to promotion, while the effects of the gross agricultural economic output and the total power of agricultural machinery in the transition were insignificant.

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Measurement of the scale of food waste and its resources and environmental effects at the consumer segment in China

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis

Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis

Identifying the Drivers of Food Waste in University Canteens in China: A Qualitative Approach

Spatiotemporal Pattern and Driving Mechanism of Cultivated Land Use Transition in China

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