Piergiuseppe Morone|Pasquale Marcello Falcone|Enrica Imbert|Andrea Morone
Does food sharing lead to food waste reduction? An experimental analysis to assess challenges and opportunities of a new consumption model
Unitelma Sapienza University|Sapienza University of Rome|Unitelma Sapienza University|Sapienza University of Rome|Unitelma Sapienza University|Sapienza University of Rome|Polytechnic University of Bari|University of Bari Aldo Moro
food security along growing population associated environmental concerns make food waste loss central topic economic analysis food losses occur mostly production postharvest processing phases supply chain food waste takes place mainly end chain therefore concerns primarily habits behaviour patterns retailers consumers many solutions practices proposed oftentimes implemented order keep food landfills thus reducing food waste source however little attention paid possible sharing consumerside food surplus context food sharing could represent effective way tackle food waste consumers level environmental economic potential positive effects however still little empirical evidence testing effectiveness introducing sharing economy approaches reduce food waste study seeks fill gap framed field experiment authors performed two experimental treatments control treatment students asked behave according regular food consumption habits food sharing treatment students instructed purchase food cook consume collectively preliminary results showed adoption food sharing practices households automatically translate food waste reduction number factors evident qualiquantitative analysis sample ie environmentally friendly behaviour economic awareness domestic skills collaborative behaviors might act enablers make sharing practices effective replication study larger scale allow investigation relevance identified enablers order unlock full potential food sharing practices