TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Schuster, Sebastian
A1  - Speck, Melanie
A1  - Herpen, Erica van
A1  - Buchborn, Felix
A1  - Langen, Nina
A1  - Nikravech, Mariam
A1  - Mullick, Shantanu
A1  - Eichstädt, Tilman
A1  - Chikhalova, Yulia
A1  - Budiansky, Emma
A1  - Engelmann, Tobias
A1  - Bickel, Manuel
T1  - Do meal boxes reduce food waste from households?
N2  - Household food waste is determined by a complex set of routinized behaviors, and disruption of these routines may allow for a decrease in this vast amount of food waste. The current study examines such a disruption of household routines: the meal box. The potential of meal boxes to diminish different types of household food waste is investigated for the first time, across different countries. After providing a framework comparing the effects of different types of meals on food waste, we subsequently examine the effects of subscription-based food supply (i.e., meal boxes) on total meal waste as well as on the different types of food waste: preparation, cooking, and plate waste. Our dataset contains 8747 meal observations from 955 households in six countries. Results from a Bayesian multilevel hurdle-lognormal model with random intercept show that, overall, meal boxes reduce total meal waste in comparison to traditionally cooked dinners (38% reduction). Meal boxes especially lower the occurrence and amount of pan-and-pot food that is wasted (i.e., cooking waste), and also lower the amount of meal preparation waste, yet lead to a higher occurrence of both preparation and plate waste compared to traditional meals. This shows how differences between meals affect household food waste, something that has received little prior research attention. Furthermore, whereas most prior research has focused on overall household food waste, our study illustrates that distinguishing between different types of household food waste can provide important new insights.
T2  - Journal of cleaner production
VL  - 375
Y1  - 2022
UN  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-80566
U6  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134001
DO  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134001
ER  -