title: The global economic and regulatory determinants of household food waste generation: A cross-country analysis.
abstract: Food is generally wasted all along the supply chain, with an estimated loss of 35percent generated at the consumer level. Consequently, household food waste constitutes a sizable proportion of the total waste generated throughout the food supply chain. Yet such wastes vary drastically between developed and developing countries. Using data collected from 44 countries with various income levels, this paper investigates the impact of legislation and economic incentives on household food waste generation. The obtained results indicate that well-defined regulations, policies and strategies are more effective than fiscal measures in mitigating household food waste generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalak
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Chaza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abou-Daher
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Jad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chaaban
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon. Electronic address: ma192@aub.edu.lb.
authors.forename: Mohamad G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Abiad
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics*; D005523:Food Supply; D005735:Garbage; D038622:Internationality; D018803:Models, Economic; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012923:Social Class; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014866:Waste Products
keywords: Cross-country; Economic incentives; Household food waste; Legislative framework