Executive summary
1 Introduction and objectives
2 Approach and scope of the report
2.1 Consumer food waste definition
2.2 Target audience of this report
3 Understanding consumer food waste
3.1 Food management practices and competing goals
3.1.1 Food management practices
3.1.2 Competing goals impact food consumption behaviour
3.2 Influencing factors: Motivation, opportunity, and ability
3.2.1 Motivation
3.2.2 Opportunity
3.2.3 Ability
3.3 Influence of socio-demographics
4 Policy options to influence consumer food waste
4.1 Categories of public policy instruments
4.2 Information
4.2.1 Information and awareness raising campaigns
4.2.2 Social norm campaigns
4.2.3 Education/ Skill training
4.2.4 Prompts
4.2.5 Feedback
4.2.6 Commitment
4.2.7 Crosscutting: Apps and ICT tools
4.3 Regulation
4.3.1 Regulation on date marking
4.3.2 Promotions, product presentation and packaging
4.3.3 Influencing consumer behaviour through regulation targeted towards other actors
4.4 Economic Instruments
4.5 Nudges and organization of choice architecture
4.6 Voluntary agreements, strategies and guidelines
4.7 Combination of measures
5 Overview of public campaigns
6 Evaluating impact of interventions
7 Conclusions for improved policy responses
7.1 Improving public campaigns
7.1.1 Understanding national particularities and key leverages
7.1.2 Identify target groups, key messages and information channels
7.1.3 Social norm campaigns
7.1.4 Improving ability
7.1.5 Monitoring and Evaluation
7.2 Integrated policies to reduce consumer food waste
7.2.1 Collaboration with retail and hospitality
7.2.2 System perspective on food behaviour to increase synergies
8 References