Essays about: "canteens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word canteens.

  1. 1. Investigating food waste composition in school catering with focus on carbon footprint

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Runa Halvarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : waste composition analysis; plate waste; climate impact; elementary schools; canteens;

    Abstract : Food waste has a great impact on the environment and generates approximately 3.3 giga tonnes of CO2-eq annually. The SDG 12.3 set by the UN, to halve the global per capita food waste by 2030, is one of the measures that strives to combat this problem. READ MORE

  3. 2. What a Waste?! : Exploring the influence of nudging on consumer behaviour towards food waste.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ana Raquel Abreu; Laura Nicole Sage; [2023]
    Keywords : Food Waste; Social Nudging; Prompting; Consumer Behaviour; Experimental Research; Pro-environmental Behaviour; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Recognizing the importance of food waste as an environmental and social problem, this thesis aims to test nudging as a successful tool to promote a pro-environmental behaviour towards food waste reduction. The present research uses an experiment in a university canteen in Gotland, Sweden, with two interventions - posters with informational prompts and practical tips. READ MORE

  4. 3. Food losses and Waste at Bakeries, Retail and Household Levels –A Case of Sweden : a Case of Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Balasooriya Mudiyanselage Indrachapa Dhananjani Balasooriya; [2022]
    Keywords : Bread value chain; Food loss; bread waste; causes of bread waste;

    Abstract : Reducing food waste is necessary to assure food security and overcome environmental issues. This study was aimed to assess food losses and waste (FLW) along bakery, retail, food service and household stages of bread value chain in Sweden, causes and identify potential measures to reduce losses and waste. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reducing Meat Consumption Through Choice Editing Measures in German Company Canteens: Canteen Decision-Makers' Agency for Sustainability and the Role of the State

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Flora Luise Dicke; [2022]
    Keywords : meat consumption; structure-agency; decision-makers; agency for sustainability; middle-out framework; locked-in consumer; communal catering; business canteens; choice editing; policy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

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  6. 5. Fill your belly not your bin: An action research project to reduce food waste at Kunskapsskolan in Trelleborg, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gyeong Jeong Min; Silvia Mugnaini; [2021]
    Keywords : Food waste; School canteens; Sustainability education; Three Spheres of Transformation framework; Sustainability science; Sweden; Trelleborg; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : School canteens have been identified as a unique case to address food waste due to their dual role: on one hand as big generators of food waste and on the other as settings to deliver education to reduce it. This thesis applies action research methodology to a collaborative project with a school called Kunskapsskolan in Trelleborg, Sweden, attempting to reduce food waste. READ MORE