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Sustainability 2024, 16(12), 5185; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
Submission received: 7 May 2024 / Revised: 14 June 2024 / Accepted: 17 June 2024 / Published: 18 June 2024
Abstract
There is increasing pressure for everyone to adopt sustainable behaviours and typically this starts at-home via appropriate food-based disposal practices; however, this is associated with various barriers impacting compliance. Targeted education in college and/or the university environment could provide a viable approach to overcome such difficulties; yet, limited readily available resources exist to bring this forth. This paper explores students’ food packaging expectations and attitudes as well as information preferences in four countries (UK, France, India, and China). Students (n = 533) completed an online survey capturing food packaging purchase-based decisions, disposal-related challenges, and communication preferences. Students noted that food packaging had a dominant role in product choice. Fresh produce was considered an area for improvement, especially in the UK, India, and France, whereas snacks/baked goods were a priority in China. Disposal-related challenges were mostly associated with mixed materials. Students cited no clear information, limited choices, excessive packaging, and no nearby bins as common food packaging issues. This suggests that improving infrastructure (more bins, clearer signing) could be fundamental to encourage students to implement more sustainable food packaging behaviour. Furthermore, colleges and/or universities should consider students’ preferred information formats (infographics, videos) and develop targeted education (recyclability) which can be easily disseminated to promote engagement and sustainable food packaging knowledge and awareness.
Keywords: food packaging; sustainability; cross-country; barriers; behaviour; education
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Norton, V.; Oloyede, O.O.; Alexi, N.; Menil, A.; Ren, G.; Jadhav, N.; Lignou, S. Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia. Sustainability 2024, 16, 5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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Norton V, Oloyede OO, Alexi N, Menil A, Ren G, Jadhav N, Lignou S. Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia. Sustainability. 2024; 16(12):5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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Norton, Victoria, Omobolanle O. Oloyede, Niki Alexi, Audrey Menil, Guangling Ren, Nirmal Jadhav, and Stella Lignou. 2024. "Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia" Sustainability 16, no. 12: 5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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Norton, V.; Oloyede, O.O.; Alexi, N.; Menil, A.; Ren, G.; Jadhav, N.; Lignou, S. Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia. Sustainability 2024, 16, 5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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Norton V, Oloyede OO, Alexi N, Menil A, Ren G, Jadhav N, Lignou S. Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia. Sustainability. 2024; 16(12):5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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Norton, Victoria, Omobolanle O. Oloyede, Niki Alexi, Audrey Menil, Guangling Ren, Nirmal Jadhav, and Stella Lignou. 2024. "Investigating Students’ Food Packaging-Related Challenges and Preferences in Europe and Asia" Sustainability 16, no. 12: 5185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125185
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