Fayad, Ramzi, Kandemir, Cansu, Pickering, Jack, Reynolds, Christian, Koh, Lenny, Greenwood, Sarah, Parsons, Rorie, Fisher, Lorraine and Rees, Deborah ORCID: 0000-0003-3541-0424 (2022) Minimising plastic packaging and household food waste: a new approach using discrete event simulation. In: 29th International Annual EurOMA Conference "Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future", 3rd - 6th July 2022, University of Sussex Business School & Berlin, Germany.

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Abstract

Reducing both food waste and food plastic packaging waste in the household has major environmental and economic benefits. However, due to the high cost and resources required, limited empirical research has been conducted on this topic. This paper provides 2 a new modelling strategy for incorporating complicated household behaviours to answer trade-offs between food waste and food plastic packaging waste. This research proposes a novel modelling technique accounting for complex household behaviours integrating the link between resilience and the circular economy. It investigates how the circular economy boosts social-ecological resilience, delves into possible trade-offs, and underlines the variation in the household behaviour required for both circular and resilient economy. The paper makes suggestions based on these results to assist firms, governments, and educators in developing and implementing circular economy policies that improve resilience.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	plastic packaging; food waste; simulation; modelling
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Postharvest Science and Technology Research Group Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food & Markets Department
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	09 May 2023 12:42
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42455

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