@article{KreyenschmidtRoeslerRitter2021,
  author    = {Kreyenschmidt, Judith and R{\"o}sler, Florian and Ritter, Guido},
  title     = {Recommendation of Good Practice in the Food-Processing Industry for Preventing and Handling Food Loss and Waste},
  series = {Sustainability},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Sustainability},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  doi       = {10.25974/fhms-13969},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-139699},
  pages     = {9569 -- 9599},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Food-processing companies are controlled by societal influences and economic interests, but their efforts with regard to reducing food loss and waste are very different. This qualitative study aims to identify basic recommendations of good practice for the food-processing industry in order to prevent and handle food loss and waste. For this purpose, a comprehensive literature review was conducted in the field of food waste prevention and data was collected from thirteen German companies. The findings summarize the recommendations of good practice, which cover the entire supply chain from supplier to consumer and beyond. The analysis showed that the participating companies are already partially aware of operational measures, even if they are applied or mentioned without a systematic approach. Furthermore, the analysis revealed that most activities relate to internal matters, like processing, employees and utilization. However, the responsibility of foodprocessing companies does not end with internal processes to reduce food waste. The results show that some companies are already aware of their responsibility to be involved along the entire supply chain. Finally, the results show that the needs of consumers and suppliers must also be considered in order to reduce food waste, in addition to direct reduction measures. This paper highlights nine important stages and 53 basic recommendations for companies to address food loss and waste in order to improve their practices.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SpangenbergLorek2001,
  author    = {Spangenberg, J. H. and Lorek, S.},
  title     = {Indicators for environmentally sustainable household consumption},
  series = {Int. J. Sustainable Development},
  volume    = {4},
  journal   = {Int. J. Sustainable Development},
  issn      = {0960-1406},
  doi       = {10.25974/fhms-776},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7764},
  pages     = {101 -- 120},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {The objective of this paper is to identify those areas of consumption, in which private households can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability, and to present a transparent and comprehensive set of indicators for them. The analysis of the environmental impacts of households focuses on consumption clusters that permit to depict different life spheres of private households. Two criteria guided the investigation of the relevance of these clusters: · The significance of the consumption cluster, and · The potential influence of households. Resource consumption was chosen as simplified, but reliable representation of environmental pressure dynamics. Growing resource consumption goes together with growing environmental pressures and vice versa, although not necessarily proportionally. The key resources analysed are energy and material consumption, and land use. Based on this analysis, three priority fields for action by households were identified: construction and housing, food/nutrition and transport (in this order). All other consumption clusters can be considered environmentally marginal, providing combined saving potentials of less than 10\% of the total resource consumption. Finally, from description of the respective roles of actors based on anecdotal evidence a semi-quantitative "actor matrix" is presented indicating the relative influence of different actors per consumption cluster.},
  language  = {en}
}