美国短期租房客浪费的食物价值
Brian E Roe1, Sarah S Ganbat1, Mallika Malhotra1
1Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
|June 29, 2025
概括
旅行者每晚平均在未消耗的食物上浪费12美元,总计每年23亿美元. 为东道主提供减少食物浪费的信息可以帮助旅行者在短期逗留期间尽量减少浪费.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 消费者行为 消费者行为
- 酒店酒店管理的管理.
背景情况:
- 食物浪费是一个重大的全球问题,因旅行期间的临时生活方式和消费模式而加剧.
- 短期Peer-to-Peer租住宿在管理食物浪费方面存在独特的挑战,因为客人的行为是短暂的.
研究的目的:
- 调查使用短期租住宿的旅行者产生的食物浪费的模式和规模.
- 为了识别与食物浪费相关的旅行者和住宿特征.
- 在这种情况下,探索减少食物浪费的潜在干预措施.
主要方法:
- 一项在线调查对502名美国旅行者进行,这些旅行者曾使用过短期点对点租住宿.
- 用回归分析来检查旅行者/住宿特性与食物浪费之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 平均旅行者每晚丢弃的食物价值约为12美元,占住宿费用的5.1%,总计每年约23亿美元.
- 食物浪费与每晚更高的住宿费用和儿童的存在有关.
- 年轻的旅行者 (≤25岁) 和在第一季度 (一月至三月) 旅行的人显示出更高的浪费水平. 东道主很少提供有关食品废物处理的信息,但客人非常希望.
结论:
- 旅行者在短期租中浪费食物与重大财务和环境成本有关.
- 针对性地向东道主传播有关食品捐赠,堆肥和杂货节省的信息,可以有效地解决这个问题.
- 政策干预应侧重于为东道主提供资源,以指导客人在逗留期间减少食物浪费.
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