The circular economy approach for reducing food waste: a systematic review

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https://doi.org/10.32358/rpd.2021.v7.572

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circular economy, waste, food, consumerism, climate change

Abstract

Purpose: This study performs a systematic review through a global analysis of selected articles on food waste and the Circular Economy in the period between 2011 and 2020, indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. Methodology/Approach: It performs a qualitative analysis of 19 selected articles to identify how the Circular Economy can be used in the strategy to reduce food waste. Findings: The main focus is to avoid a global collapse, provoked by the unrestrained increase in production and consumption since the industrial revolution, intensified in the middle of the 20th century. That culminated in the degradation of the soil, seas and the consequent air pollution caused by all these factors, and in the social issue, the increase in social inequality between countries and people, and the evolution of food insecurity, especially among the most vulnerable. Research Limitation/implication: This research contributes to academia and society, by identifying principal authors, keywords, and gaps in the selected literature and then, proposes suggestions for future research. Originality/Value of paper: The growing waste of food has directly affected the economic, social and environmental spheres, a subject widely discussed and included in the Sustainable Development goals of 2030.

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Author Biographies

Kamilla da Silva Duarte, Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Bachelor's Degree in Production Engineering. Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Thales Abreu da Costa Lima, Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Graduated in Social Communication - Journalism, 2015. "Pinheiro Guimarães Higher Education Society". Technician in Audiovisual Production by FAETEC-RJ. He is currently an audiovisual technician at the Celso Suckow da Fonseca Federal Center for Technological Education.

Leticia Rodrigues Alves, Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Bachelor's Degree in Production Engineering. Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Patrícia Andréa do Prado Rios, Northumbria University

Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics at Newcastle Business School / Northumbria University, United Kingdom. She recently started her work at this institution with the objective, among others, of developing and implementing the areas of sustainability and responsible management in the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. For more than three years, he worked at the University of York (Management School & Department of Politics), working on the IKnowFood-Integrating Knowledge for Food Systems Resilience Project, in the sustainability area with a focus on 'sustainable supply chains'. He held a Post-Doctorate in the Post-Graduate Program in Information Science at IBICT / UFRJ, in the area of ​​adopting eco-innovations in Brazil. PhD in Information Science at PPGCI-IBICT/UFRJ, with CAPES Scholarship from the Doctoral Program Sandwich Abroad (PDSE), for research carried out at CENTRIM - Center for Research in Innovation Management, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, on intra-firm diffusion of innovation in Project-Based Organizations.

Wladmir Henriques Motta, Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Post-Doctorate at IBICT (Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology) with the project: "Towards a Circular Economy: impasses and challenges for the information and eco-innovation processes". Graduated in Production Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (2000), Masters in Production Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (2004) and Ph.D. in Information Science from IBICT/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2016). He is currently a professor at the Postgraduate Program in Regional Development and Productive Systems-PPDSP / CEFET-RJ, adjunct professor at the Department of Production Engineering at CEFET-RJ.

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2021-12-31

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Duarte, K. da S., Lima, T. A. da C. ., Alves, L. R., Rios, P. A. do P., & Motta, W. H. (2021). The circular economy approach for reducing food waste: a systematic review. Revista Produção E Desenvolvimento, 7. https://doi.org/10.32358/rpd.2021.v7.572

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