Tola Francesco, Mosconi Enrico Maria, Branca Giacomo, Natali Fabiana, Gianvincenzi Mattia, Nosova Bogdana, Colantoni Andrea
Department of Economics, Engineering, Society, Business Organization, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
Department of Social Communications, Institute of Journalism, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 19;9(6):e17449. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17449. eCollection 2023 Jun.
The problem of food waste at the post-consumption phase, as well as its rational management, is one of the central matters of the transition process undertaken by the European Union, and it is one of the priorities in the Action Plan for a Circular Economy. In particular, the waste of fish products occurs throughout its supply chain. A wide literature is provided in analyzing waste on the first part of the fishing supply chain while high importance is also given to its consumption phase, especially regarding dynamics, causes and social behaviors. The paper aims at investigating mechanisms and causes of wastage that occurs in the last part of the supply chain, at a local level in Italy, by focusing the analysis at the final stage of fish consumption, produced by Italian households. Among the causes, the change in consumption habits and attitudes is also influenced by the restrictions of the healthy regulations adopted for the pandemic. Specifically, a survey was conducted to investigate what actions, habits and behaviors contribute to producing fish food waste. Causes of waste have been discussed by framing them under two dimensions of final consumption, home consumption and out-of-home consumption. Findings carried out from the research suggest knowledge of channels of distribution and integrative elements to manage the leftover food as well as the intensity of fish consumption are basilar to understand the wastage mechanism in a circular perspective. This study is an assessment of whether factors identified as causes, may increase, or decrease the waste. The importance of realizing explorative studies at the consumption phase under the approach of considering fish waste, not only as a fraction into the food waste but even a distinct part as a whole, is also given by the need to create specific strategies for sustainable production and consumption. A reflection is conducted as to how this study can be the basis for future studies on other food products related to the challenge of the rational management of food waste studies in a circular perspective.
消费后阶段的食物浪费问题及其合理管理，是欧盟转型进程的核心问题之一，也是循环经济行动计划的优先事项之一。特别是，鱼产品在其整个供应链中都会出现浪费现象。在分析渔业供应链第一部分的浪费情况方面有大量文献，同时也高度重视其消费阶段，尤其是关于动态、原因和社会行为方面。本文旨在通过聚焦意大利家庭产生的鱼类消费的最后阶段，调查意大利当地供应链最后一部分出现浪费的机制和原因。在这些原因中，消费习惯和态度的变化也受到疫情期间所采用的健康规定的限制。具体而言，开展了一项调查，以探究哪些行动、习惯和行为会导致鱼类食物浪费。通过将浪费原因置于最终消费的两个维度（家庭消费和外出消费）之下来进行讨论。该研究的结果表明，了解分销渠道和管理剩余食物的综合要素以及鱼类消费强度，对于从循环角度理解浪费机制至关重要。本研究是对被确定为原因的因素是否会增加或减少浪费的评估。在将鱼类浪费不仅视为食物浪费的一部分，而且视为一个整体的独特部分的方法下，在消费阶段开展探索性研究的重要性，还源于制定可持续生产和消费的具体战略的必要性。本文还思考了这项研究如何能够成为未来关于其他食品的研究基础，这些研究与从循环角度对食物浪费进行合理管理的挑战相关。
