Although the food production is considered the biggest environmental impact, every year one-third of the global food supply is wasted. Through in-depth interviews with Croatian consumers, current study investigates their motivation to avoid food waste as well as behavioral obstacles. The findings classify eight predictors of dealing with food waste. Three categories were positively related to reducing, four categories represent barriers to the reduction of food waste, and one category is related to a certain lifestyle which can cause a food waste.

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为什么我们浪费食物？深入采访消费者

尽管粮食生产被认为是对环境的最大影响，但每年全球粮食供应的三分之一都被浪费了。通过对克罗地亚消费者的深入采访，当前的研究调查了他们避免食物浪费和行为障碍的动机。调查结果对处理食物浪费的八个预测因素进行了分类。三类与减少有正相关，四类代表减少食物浪费的障碍，一类与可能导致食物浪费的某种生活方式有关。