Responsibility in food waste behaviours. An interpretive framework

Food waste is one of the most sensitive issues in the world today. Decision-makers and policy-makers addressing the causes and consequences of this phenomenon have found solutions that involve changing consumer behaviour in both the domestic/private and public/hospitality contexts of consumption. The growing trend of eating out has indeed contributed to an increase in food waste and poses major challenges for restaurants. The literature on this topic has grown exponentially over the last decade. However, little has been said about the consequences of and related to repeated behaviour. The aim of this paper is to define an interpretive framework to improve understanding of the consequences of food waste behaviour and prevent repeated behaviour by applying the perspective of attribution theory.