Ludovica Principato

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the behavior of EU-27 citizens towards food waste by referring to the 2013 Flash Eurobarometer survey (n. 388) and found that people living in towns and large cities tend to produce more waste, emphasizing the need of diversifying policy interventions at local level according to the extent of urbanization.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the knowledge of youths concerning food waste as well as identify factors that influence changes in behaviour concerning food wasted and planning shopping for preventing it, finding that the more aware youths are concerning food wastage, the more likely they are to reduce leftovers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the complexities of food waste behavior within the framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, and concluded that marketing and sale strategies negatively influence the waste behavior of individuals, emphasizing the important role of retailers in preventing the generation of waste.

TL;DR: In this article, a hierarchical cluster analysis based on a sample of 52 food sharing cases was carried out, and the authors suggest that food bank seems to be replicated online in the same way in the online context (the sharing for charity) but changes towards a more profit oriented approach (the "sharing for money" model).

TL;DR: In this article, a CAWI questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1078 Italian consumers during the lockdown (March-April 2020) and respondents were asked to self-estimate the percentage of food their households wasted before and during lockdown and to explain their food management habits.