Are households feeding habits and waste management practices determinant in order to swing over food waste behaviours? The case of Barcelona Metropolitan Area

Diaz-Ruiz Raquel, Gil Costa-Font, Montserrat Costa-Font and Jose Maria

No 211573, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Understanding the perception about food waste generation is crucial to significantly reduce the amount generated by 2020 as proposed in the conference Rio+20. To date consumer´s feeding habits and waste management practices are not in depth consid-ered in the literature. The aim of the present work is to analyse citizen’s perception towards food waste and understand how citizens form their food waste behaviour de-cisions. A theoretical model has been elaborated based on literature. A questionnaire on food waste was analysed by means of structural equation models. Results show that food waste is directly influenced by purchasing habits as diet selection and pur-chasing behaviour, as well as waste prevention behaviour and indirectly influenced by materialism and environmentalism values.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.211573

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