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Beyond the Throwaway Society: Ordinary Domestic Practice and a Sociological Approach to Household Food Waste
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This article offers a sociological analysis of household food waste and its starting point is a critique of perspectives in which volumes of waste generation are used to infer the presence of a throwaway society. Drawing on broadly ethnographic examples, the analysis illustrates some of the ways in which the passage of ‘food’ into ‘waste’ arises as a consequence of the ways in which domestic practices are socially and materially organized. Specifically, attention is paid to: 1) routines of household food provisioning and the contingencies of everyday life; 2) the social relations manifest in the enduring convention of the family meal and; 3) the socio-temporal context of food practices. Taken together it is suggested that contemporary sociological approaches to home consumption, material culture and everyday life can usefully engage with public and policy concerns about the origins and consequences of food waste.
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“in terms of wasting food it has been found to be negative, with consumers feeling bad or guilty about wasting food (Evans, 2012;Watson and Meah, 2012).”
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“Despite their generally negative attitude toward food waste, consumers often pursue goals that can inhibit their intention to reduce food waste.”
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“Most studies dealing with food waste show that consumers feel bad about wasting food (Evans, 2012; Watson and Meah, 2012) and are concerned when they throw food away.”
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“At the purchase stage consumers often rely on food shopping routines (Maubach, Hoek, & McCreanor, 2009) and admit to regularly buying more food than needed (Evans, 2012) or food products they never use (Wansink, Brasel, & Amjad, 2000), thereby increasing food waste.”
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Morone, P., Falcone, P. M., Imbert, E., & Morone, A. (2018) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.208 · Cited by 121
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“Looking through the lens of social practice theory, Evans (2011) puts forward that household food waste ‘‘cannot be conceptualized as a problem of individual consumer behavior” or blamed on a ‘‘throwaway society” (p. 429) or other moralizing (Evans, 2012).”
BackgroundPractising thrift at dinnertime: mealtime leftovers, sacrifice and family membership
Cappellini, B., & Parsons, E. (2012) · The Sociological Review · doi:10.1111/1467-954x.12041 · Cited by 148
“In the specific case of dealing with food disposal in the household, consumers are not simply dealing with the life of the objects and their placement, but also with the tastes, expectations and desires of other members of the family (Cappellini, 2009; Evans, 2012).”
BackgroundThanks, but no thanks: The influence of gratitude on consumer awareness of food waste
Septianto, F., Kemper, J. A., & Northey, G. (2020) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120591 · Cited by 122
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Household food waste-how to avoid it? An integrative review
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“Adequate storing practices are linked to reduce food waste into lower food waste levels (Evans 2012; Farr‐Wharton et al. 2014; Quested and Luzecka 2014; Van Geffen et al. 2017), as they help accurate purchasing and prolong the time food can be eaten safely.”
BackgroundInfluentialConsumer food waste behaviour in universities: sharing as a means of prevention
Lazell, J. (2016) · Journal of Consumer Behaviour · doi:10.1002/cb.1581 · Cited by 135
“The work of David Evans has been prolific in exploring this transition within the context of the household highlighting consumer anxieties of food safety and over provisioning as well as the temporalities that cause surplus food to ‘slip’ into excess (Evans 2012a; Evans 2012b; Evans et al., 2013).”
BackgroundInfluentialReview of food waste prevention on an international level
Schneider, F. (2013) · Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management · doi:10.1680/warm.13.00016 · Cited by 121
Wasted Positive Intentions: The Role of Affection and Abundance on Household Food Waste
Porpino, G., Wansink, B., & Parente, J. (2016) · Journal of Food Products Marketing · doi:10.1080/10454446.2015.1121433 · Cited by 109
“Consumers tend to shop and cook in the context of “eating properly” (Evans, 2012), which demands variety and cooking from scratch, aspects that might generate overpreparation, a core antecedent of household food waste.”
BackgroundWasted food: A qualitative study of U.S. young adults' perceptions, beliefs and behaviors
Nikolaus, C. J., Nickols‐Richardson, S. M., & Ellison, B. (2018) · Appetite · doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.07.026 · Cited by 108
Binning, Gifting and Recovery: The Conduits of Disposal in Household Food Consumption
Evans, D. (2012) · Environment and Planning D: Society and Space · doi:10.1068/d22210 · Cited by 148
Self-citationGenerational differences in food management skills and their impact on food waste in households
Karunasena, G. G., Ananda, J., & Pearson, D. H. (2021) · Resources Conservation and Recycling · doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105890 · Cited by 111
Household food waste in Serbia – Attitudes, quantities and global warming potential
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Grocery shopping, food waste, and the retail landscape of cities: The case of Seoul
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Quantitative assessment of the valorisation of used cooking oils in 23 countries
Teixeira, M. R., Nogueira, R., & Nunes, L. M. (2018) · Waste Management · doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2018.06.039 · Cited by 106
Such a Shame! A Study on Self-Perception of Household Food Waste
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“Prior literature has noted that consumers follow a shopping routine while purchasing food (Stefan et al., 2013) and end up buying more than is required (Evans, 2012), resulting in food waste at a later stage.”
BackgroundAwareness of food waste recycling in restaurants: evidence from China
Lang, L., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Yang, N., Xue, B., & Han, W. (2020) · Resources Conservation and Recycling · doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104949 · Cited by 97
Household food waste: the implications of consumer choice in food from purchase to disposal
Tucker, C. A., & Farrelly, T. (2016) · Local Environment · doi:10.1080/13549839.2015.1015972 · Cited by 95
“See, for example, Evans (2011, 2012), Fine (1996, as cited in Evans et al. 2013), and Watson and Meah (2013).”
BackgroundReconceptualizing power and gendered subjectivities in domestic cooking spaces
Meah, A. (2013) · Progress in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/0309132513501404 · Cited by 94
“Other exceptions include Evans’ (2012) work in Man- chester and ethnographic work across the UK by Wills et al. (2013).”
BackgroundReducing Food Loss And Waste While Improving The Public’s Health
Neff, R., Kanter, R., & Vandevijvere, S. (2015) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0647 · Cited by 94
Creating careful circularities: Community composting in New York City
Morrow, O., & Davies, A. R. (2021) · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · doi:10.1111/tran.12523 · Cited by 93
Sustainable Consumption, Behaviour Change Policies and Theories of Practice
Evans, D. M., McMeekin, A., & Southerton, D. (2012) · Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) · Cited by 93
Self-citationFine-Tuning the Fight Against Food Waste
Aschemann‐Witzel, J., de Hooge, I. E., Almli, V. L., & Oostindjer, M. (2018) · Journal of Macromarketing · doi:10.1177/0276146718763251 · Cited by 105
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Disrupting household food consumption through experimental HomeLabs: Outcomes, connections, contexts
Devaney, L., & Davies, A. R. (2016) · Journal of Consumer Culture · doi:10.1177/1469540516631153 · Cited by 91
“household food waste conducted by Evans (2012), the final selection displayed heterogeneity regarding household structure (from single person to family and non-familial households), age of participants (from 18 months to 63 years) and location (rural to urban).”
BackgroundInfluentialConsuming takeaway food: Convenience, waste and Chinese young people’s urban lifestyle
Liu, C., & Chen, J. (2019) · Journal of Consumer Culture · doi:10.1177/1469540519882487 · Cited by 88
“These quotations suggest that, domestic cooking might routinely provision more food than people need, and thereafter create a vast majority of food surplus which ends up as waste (Evans, 2012).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Evans, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Evans, David
- ORCID
- Evans, David
- Venue
- Sociology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-10-27
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 41-56
- ISSN
- 0038-0385 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8684
- OpenAlex
- W2029183606
- Cited by
- 569
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Keywords
- household food waste, throwaway society, household practices, food provisioning, family meals, everyday life, household consumption, material culture, waste generation
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