The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors
On March 19, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared in Portugal as a way to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Restriction measures were adopted, limiting the mobility of the population. This paper presents preliminary results of an online survey to Portuguese households on the impact of COVID-19...
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| author | Miranda-Pires, Iva Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Vidal-Mones, Berta Beltrao-Martins, Rita |
| author_browse | Beltrao-Martins, Rita Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Miranda-Pires, Iva Vidal-Mones, Berta |
| author_facet | Miranda-Pires, Iva Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Vidal-Mones, Berta Beltrao-Martins, Rita |
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| description | On March 19, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared in Portugal as a way to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Restriction measures were adopted, limiting the mobility of the population. This paper presents preliminary results of an online survey to Portuguese households on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on food purchase, storage, management, and waste generation. A total of 841 questionnaires were collected. The main changes observed were in food purchasing behavior, as 77 percent stated that they had reduced the frequency of grocery shopping, and 68 percent had bought more in local shops than before. Regarding food waste generation, the majority (60 percent), stated that during lockdown they threw away the same amount of food as before. 36 percent answered less than before, reporting that they had adopted strategies to reduce food waste. Vegetables, milk, and fruit were the goods with the highest reduction of food waste. |
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| spelling | ReDivia81852025-04-25T14:48:49Z The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors Miranda-Pires, Iva Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Vidal-Mones, Berta Beltrao-Martins, Rita Covid-19 Lockdown Food purchase Local shopping Food management E73 Consumer economics U40 Surveying methods S01 Human nutrition - General aspects Food wastes Household wastes Household consumption Portugal food storage Purchasing habits On March 19, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared in Portugal as a way to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Restriction measures were adopted, limiting the mobility of the population. This paper presents preliminary results of an online survey to Portuguese households on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on food purchase, storage, management, and waste generation. A total of 841 questionnaires were collected. The main changes observed were in food purchasing behavior, as 77 percent stated that they had reduced the frequency of grocery shopping, and 68 percent had bought more in local shops than before. Regarding food waste generation, the majority (60 percent), stated that during lockdown they threw away the same amount of food as before. 36 percent answered less than before, reporting that they had adopted strategies to reduce food waste. Vegetables, milk, and fruit were the goods with the highest reduction of food waste. 2022-06-03T08:45:57Z 2022-06-03T08:45:57Z 2020 article publishedVersion Miranda-Pires, I., Fernández-Zamudio, M. Á. & Vidal-Mones, B. & Beltrao-Martins, R. (2020). The impact of covid-19 lockdown on portuguese households’ food waste behaviors. Human Ecology Review, 26(1), 59-70. 1074-4827 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8185 10.22459/HER.26.01.2020.06 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27027237 en This work is financed by national funds through FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project UIDB / 04647/2020 of CICS.NOVA-Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Society for Human Ecology electronico |
| spellingShingle | Covid-19 Lockdown Food purchase Local shopping Food management E73 Consumer economics U40 Surveying methods S01 Human nutrition - General aspects Food wastes Household wastes Household consumption Portugal food storage Purchasing habits Miranda-Pires, Iva Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Vidal-Mones, Berta Beltrao-Martins, Rita The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title | The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title_full | The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title_short | The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 lockdown on portuguese households food waste behaviors |
| topic | Covid-19 Lockdown Food purchase Local shopping Food management E73 Consumer economics U40 Surveying methods S01 Human nutrition - General aspects Food wastes Household wastes Household consumption Portugal food storage Purchasing habits |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8185 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27027237 |
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