Caracterização do desperdício alimentar ao nível do consumidor final

Abstract

This dissertation addresses food waste at the consumer level. This global challenge, estimated at 89 million tons per year, has environmental, social and economic impacts. Although all stages of the food supply chain contribute to the total waste values, the last two, food services and consumption, are the main responsible. For this reason, using a qualitative investigation, through semi-structured interviews with end consumers, it was considered of high importance to identify their motivations, practices, and limitations, in relation to food waste, and possible opportunities to combat it. This study demonstrated that financial and social factors have an influence on consumers' intention to reduce the waste they create. However, several practices were identified, common among the respondents, which caused food waste, essentially due to a lack of skills and knowledge, in addition to having verified that the intention to reduce food waste was often preceded by different competing priorities.

Date of Award	10 Jul 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Jorge Julião (Supervisor) & Marcelo Rudolfo Calvete Gaspar (Supervisor)