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What about Responsible Consumption? A Survey Focused on Food Waste and Consumer Habits

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  • Jurgita Paužuolienė

    (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Klaipeda University, 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania)

  • Ligita Šimanskienė

    (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Klaipeda University, 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania)

  • Mariantonietta Fiore

    (Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy)

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The article analyses the problems of food waste and responsible consumption that include taking into account environmental-social-health and economic impacts of products and services. The study raises the research question related to whether people consume food responsibly. Analysis of research literature sources, systematization, synthesis, generalization, quantitative research and data processing methods were used in the article. The questionnaire was arranged on the pollimill.com website, and the link was shared with selected possible respondents. The survey was carried out in Lithuania and in European countries. The survey sample is equal to 1080 respondents (566 respondents from Lithuania and 514 from Italy, Poland, Latvia, Germany and France). A simple random sample was used in this research. The survey highlighted that the majority of respondents in the survey state that food is not often wasted. In addition, findings show that the population of Lithuania emits slightly less food than the population of the European countries participating in the survey. These findings could be crucial for the future green directions from the side of policymakers.

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  • Jurgita Paužuolienė & Ligita Šimanskienė & Mariantonietta Fiore, 2022. "What about Responsible Consumption? A Survey Focused on Food Waste and Consumer Habits," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-13, July.
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