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Making household food waste reduction easier

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Households waste huge amounts of food, which leads to considerable financial costs for individuals and substantial contributions to CO2 emissions. But this is a complex problem to address. In this Comment, Tapper and colleagues discuss how behavioural and systems science can help to provide solutions.

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  1. Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London, London, UK

    Katy Tapper & Christian Reynolds

  2. Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, UK

    Bethan Thompson & Luiza Toma

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Tapper, K., Thompson, B., Reynolds, C. et al. Making household food waste reduction easier. Nat Hum Behav 9, 2232–2234 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02333-z

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