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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Verma MVDB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015318 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20200212 2
This work provides an internationally comparable consumer food waste dataset based on food availability, energy gap and consumer affluence. Such data can be used for constructing meaningful and internationally comparable metrics on food waste, such as those for Sustainable Development Goal 12. The data suggests that consumer food waste follows a linear-log relationship with consumer affluence and starts to emerge when consumers reach a threshold of approximately $6.70/day/capita level of expendi ...[more]