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Influencing across multiple levels: The positive effect of a school-based intervention on food waste and household behaviours.
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Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2022 Apr 15; Vol. 308, pp. 114681. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 08. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Changing consumer food waste-related behaviours is critical to meeting global targets of halving food loss and waste. This paper presents a food waste reduction intervention trialled in five Australian schools and explores its influence on food provisioning practices, changed behaviours and food waste. Consisting of a mix of educational, skills-based, and whole-of-school-events, the intervention sought to reduce food waste by encouraging students to be more involved at home in choosing and/or preparing food to take to school. Students reported greater involvement in the target behaviours and there was a reduction in avoidable food waste in participating schools. Utilising a multi-level perspective, this study demonstrates how food-related practices and behaviours emerge from the interactions of macro and meso-level factors and highlights the value of this perspective when designing food waste reduction interventions.<br /> (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Australia
Family Characteristics
Humans
Schools
Food
Refuse Disposal
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-8630
- Volume :
- 308
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of environmental management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35149403
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114681