 A Digital Platform Strategy to Improve Food Waste Disposal Practices: Exploring the Case of "Too Good To Go"Filippo Sgroi, Teresa Totaro, Federico Modica and Caterina Sciortino Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2024, vol. 5, issue 01 Abstract: This conceptual article delves into the intricate dynamics of global food security and the paradox of food waste, with a focus on Europe and Italy. Specifically, we examine the transformative potential of digital platforms, with a spotlight on the Too Good To Go platform, in tackling the challenge of redistributing food surpluses. In conventional market settings, the intricacies of food waste often go unnoticed by buyers and sellers, resulting in an inefficient equilibrium quantity determined solely by supply and demand forces. This failure to achieve an optimal outcome leads to a missed opportunity to maximize social benefit. Taking a microeconomic perspective, we highlight the platform's capacity to mitigate the adverse environmental and social impacts associated with food waste. Our findings illustrate how a market-based platform can address the inefficiencies and shortcomings of the Coase Theorem within the realm of food waste. By facilitating negotiation, reducing information asymmetries, and addressing environmental costs, the platform exemplifies how innovative market solutions can foster efficiency and sustainability. Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:reowae:341826 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Research on World Agricultural Economy from Nan Yang Academy of Sciences Pte Ltd (NASS) |
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