Dr. Fabiola Vásquez Garcia
The impact of replenishment strategies for basket-of-goods consumers to reduce GHG emissions associated to food waste.
Food waste is a global problem that occur through all the supply chain nonetheless the largest amount wasted occur at the consumer side. An average of 30% of the food produced is never eaten, and instead it is discarded or disposed to landfills, then all the greenhouse gases it has embedded due to its lifetime and production cycle becomes unproductive. This paper aims to reduce food waste at the consumer level by defining a replenishment policy that balances all the emissions factors on the food supply for the consumer side including perishability, refrigeration, transportation and the amount wasted. It is proposed an analytical model to assess the impact by considering different retail landscapes providing practical implications into the optimal frequency and amount.
On average 30% of the food produced is never eaten, and instead it is discarded or disposed to landfills, then all the greenhouse gases it has embedded due to its lifetime and production cycle becomes unproductive. This research aims to reduce food waste at the consumer level by defining a replenishment policy that balances all the emissions factors on the food supply for the consumer side including perishability, refrigeration, transportation and the amount wasted. It is proposed an analytical model to assess the impact by considering different retail landscapes providing practical implications into the optimal frequency and amount.
**This is an ongoing project: Last updated August 30th, 2024