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Sustainability Assessment of Food Redistribution Initiatives in Sweden

Bergström, Pauline; Malefors, Christopher; Strid, Ingrid; Hanssen, Ole Jørgen; Eriksson, Mattias

Sammanfattning

Food banks that redistribute surplus food from retailers and the food industry to people in need are not a new concept globally, but their connection to food waste prevention is new. As a result, new types of food redistribution units are emerging and diversifying to find new target groups and distribution methods. The aim of this study was to identify and study surplus food redistribution units in Sweden,and then to assess the impact on several sustainability indicators for selected redistribution units, in order to increase knowledge on the types of values these redistribution concepts generate. The methods used for analyzing the scenarios were Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing and Social Life Cycle Assessment. The results showed that providing food bags to socially exposed people generated the largest reduction of greenhouse gas emissions per kg of redistributed food (−1.2 kg CO2eq./FU). Reprocessing surplus food to a high-quality end-product was attributed a high social value, due to job creation effects in the high number of working hours required per kg of redistributed food. With regard to economic impacts, all but two scenarios studied had monthly financial losses,and therefore needed other sources of financial support.

Nyckelord

sustainable development; food waste; life cycle assessment; environment; society; economy

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Resources
2020, Volym: 9, nummer: 3, artikelnummer: 27

      SLU författare

        • Globala målen

          Fattigdom omfattar fler dimensioner än den ekonomiska. Fattigdom innebär bl.a. även brist på frihet, makt, inflytande, hälsa, utbildning och fysisk säkerhet.
          Avskaffa hunger, uppnå tryggad livsmedelsförsörjning och förbättrad nutrition samt främja ett hållbart jordbruk
          Verka för varaktig, inkluderande och hållbar ekonomisk tillväxt, full och produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsvillkor för alla
          Säkerställa hållbara konsumtions- och produktionsmönster

          UKÄ forskningsämne

          Miljövetenskap
          Tvärvetenskapliga studier

          Publikationens identifierare

          DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9030027

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          https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104727