This is wasting about 2,6 million hectares of arable land. 2, pp. publicize their brand names while collection and circulating the free food from them. Lastly, 0.8% (1) of our respondents has, Our next question tries to find out about the type of accommodation a respondent. According to a recent report released by the Guardian, almost 50 percent of all produce in the United States is simply thrown in the garbage and then into landfills. and Selina Juul et al. And the second reason is, relates to marketing. loss, i.e. 3, pp. 2, pp. When studying organic consumers, future studies could follow a willingness to accept approach, because produce with visual impairments seems appreciated by organic consumers. 152 No. (2017) shows that it is the retail sector that has a significant contribution to food waste. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode. food waste in Germany, Poland and Spain. regional groupings and divided the countries based on their income status as high, middle-. The results are the foundation for providing recommendations to policy makers and charitable food organizations. Well, for us the shape is not so important. 4, pp. global participation. Precise definitions are contentious, often defined on a situational basis (as is the case more generally with definitions of waste). Exposure to PM2.5 in countries. Loebnitz, N., Schuitema, G. and Grunert, K.G. Few studies did explicitly discuss retailers’ motivation to sell produce with visual impairments. The Food Loss and Waste database is the largest online collection of data on both food loss and food waste and causes reported throughout the literature. Wholesale market, on the other hand, shows the, loss in between 43,500-87,000 tonnes per annum. (2011), “Comment: snowball versus respondent‐driven sampling”, Sociological Methodology, Vol. With the curvy cucumbers, the biggest problem is the transportation, because they do not fit straight into the crate. 91-112. the depth of this issue. 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Durability of products beyond the “Best before date”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Revisionsverband der Westkaufgenossenschaften, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, g the consumption phase followed by 5 and 4 percent dur, ill help eco-conscious travelers to find such, of our respondents said they prefer to go three times, of the participants gave priority to ‘taste’ as compared, : Change in market price, labor shortage, weather. New Strategy Halving food waste About 11 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year in Germany. 38 No. and Olivola, C.Y. Lang, A.S. (2015), “Food bank-Dachau: Yet, refugees shall receive food”, (in German), Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 22, available at: www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/dachauer-tafel-fluechtlinge-sollen-nun-doch-lebensmittel-bekommen-1.2703118 (accessed October 24, 2015). and Ellram, L. (2014), “Causes of waste across multi-tier supply networks: cases in the UK food sector”, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. We will investigate other shortcomings in our research later. Others were concerned about extra costs of selling produce with visual impairments. I would have to do that anyway, but since the food bank always comes on Fridays, I have a fixed plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20150619/germans-waste-18m-tonnes-, https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/reducing-environmental-impact/waste-and-, https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-consumption-production/, Visschers, Vivianne H.M., Nadine Wickli, and. Peattie, S. (1998), “Promotional competitions as a marketing tool in food retailing”, British Food Journal, Vol. Because some things must be collected daily. https://phys.org/news/2017-11-people-dumpster-ethical.html. Voit (2014) further states that the German food bank is in an equivalent situation with regard to its users. Where do consumers usually buy their food from? In 2013, different retail chains in Austria, Switzerland, and France started to include such produce in their assortment. This is a major challenge for the government to, date/MHD’ from certain products might help to, 8.4 Recommendation on Food Waste Prevention at, without risking health and hygiene. 3, available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:312:0003:0030:EN:PDF (accessed February 28, 2016). Food waste in America has reached a whole new level and at this point, reading the statistics boggles the mind. 521, German civil code), if the retailer did not emphasize the information to the food bank that best-before-date was expired. Findings We also mentioned about the complex nature of E, the implementation of highly sophisticated modern technologies which cannot be afforded. Ultimately, shopping for imperfect food could help to prevent food waste in the upper parts of the … 3, Section 1, and Art. The global volume of food wastage is around 1.3 billion tonnes. Germany performed well on avoiding waste, ranking second. They also did not state any economic motivations. For every kilo of food produced, 4.5 kilos of CO2 … Lorenz (2012) also found similar motivations for food donations, including reputation gains, tax savings, and avoiding the costs of disposal. Redistribution of surplus food for charitable purposes is an established practice in European retail. Well, they come with sand. As a result, there are increasing calls to develop effective messages that can increase consumer awareness of food waste and its negative impacts. and Olivola, C.Y. Learn More. The Cabinet has now adopted a strategy to this end. 57 No. However, when surplus food is donated, and accordingly free of charge for redistributors, the law of gifting applies (Articles 516-534, German civil code). Several institutions like CGF, measured gets managed", the institutions have proposed a global accounting and reporting. Analyzing interview statements in-depth, reputation management still played a role, but in a different way than found in prior studies. Linguee . Germany agreed to provide a detailed food waste statistic upon our request.