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Appendix C: Additional Information on Food Waste
Appendix C: Additional Information on Food Waste
Pages 181-194
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ESTIMATING FOOD LOSS AND FOOD WASTE Defining Food The definition of "food" is key to most definitions of food loss and food waste. It is common for "food intended for human consumption" to be used to differentiate between food materials included and excluded.
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food loss as occurring upstream in the food supply chain and food waste as occurring at retail and consumer levels; (2) food waste as a subset of food loss; or (3)
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. Despite the proliferation of estimates of food loss and waste at national and subnational levels, as well as for various stages along the food supply chain, there are major limitations in the current data.
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184 NATIONAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE TABLE C-1 Most Common Methods for Estimating Wasted Food at the Consumer Level Accuracy, Objectivity, and Method Description Information Consumer Level Reliability Direct Measurements Weighing Scales; used in Less able to provide Populations High food service granular data; settings objective Diaries Daily records; Better able to Individuals Medium used for provide granular households and data, with added commercial information about kitchens drivers; self-reported but likely more accurate than surveys Surveys Questionnaires; Better able to Individuals Medium used for provide granular households data, with added information about drivers; self-reported Records (e.g., Nonfood waste- Less able to provide Individuals and Medium waste bills) related data; used granular data; populations for households as self-reported when well as retail and measuring it at manufacturing household level businesses Observation Visual estimation Less able to provide Populations Low or counting the granular data; number of items estimaed wasted Indirect Measurements Modeling Using Less able to provide Populations Low mathematical granular data accuracy and models reliability; medium objectivity
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Although direct measurements have problems with achieving a representative sample, indirect measurements lack granularity. The authors argue that that no single measurement methodology is good enough and suggest the use of a statistics-based estimation of food loss and waste coupled with first-hand measured data to corroborate findings (Xue et al., 2017)
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. organizations the toolkit the toolkit covers Implementation behavior change and outreach Guide and for individuals and households Toolkit using community-based social marketing principles
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Keeping Food Harvard State and local Toolkit describes policy areas Out of the Food Law governments that governments can examine Landfill: Policy and Policy as methods to reduce food waste Ideas for States Clinic and details the relevant federal and Localities laws Bans and Harvard State and local Toolkit is a resource for policy Beyond: Food Law governments; solutions to reduce food waste; Designing and and Policy regulators; examines policies and programs Implementing Clinic advocates to incentivize waste reduction Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws Toolkit for Food The Businesses; Toolkit of best practices and Waste-Free Rockefeller hospitality industry; strategies for reducing food Events Foundation food service industry; waste at events (festivals, fairs, community conferences, sports events, etc.) organizations; educators; consumers; governments NOTES: EPA, U.S.
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One is the 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal to reduce food loss and waste in the United States by 50 percent by 2030, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable De velopment Goals. To meet this goal, the federal government will work within and across agencies and partner with communities, organizations, businesses, and local governments.
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conducted the Oregon Wasted Food Measurement Study to track and identify the drivers of wasted food. In this multiphase study, the DEQ surveyed residents about food habits, including planning, shopping, preparing, eating, and discarding food.
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For example, some food service operators have switched to trayless dining or smaller portion sizes. Food retailers are trying to reduce food waste by removing "buy one get one free offers" and technology companies are testing apps with reminders to eat purchased food before it expires.
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As of February 2016, 92 percent of Walmart qualifying private brand products have adopted this new label, or have started to transition to its use • Removal of multi-buy offers • Stopped "buy one get one free" promotions on all fruit and vegetables • Removed "best before" dates on fruit and vegetable lines Innovator in Food • Temperature sensitive, bioreactive food labels, which decay to Packaging and show when a product is past its shelf life; used in stores and Technology homes • Smart kitchen app with reminders to eat purchased food before it expires, creates shopping lists, and keeps track of what is in the refrigerator • Web-based advice on food perishability • Smart refrigerator that helps manage groceries • Foodkeeper app • Self-adhesive food calendar labels that show at a glance when food was first opened, stored, or frozen Nonprofit • "Save the Food" public service campaign targeting moms and Organizations millennials; scalable to other consumer segments, regions, and time frames • Love Food Hate Waste national consumer awareness campaign; online and print. • Meal Prep Mate website to help consumers avoid over-purchasing and over-prepping food continued
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2018. 2017 Oregon Wasted Food Study: Residential Sector Waste Sort, Diary, and Survey Study.
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A critical review of global food losses and food waste data. Environmental Science & Technology 51(12)
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