Citizen Science to Reduce Food Waste

This research paper explores how citizen science can be utilized to address food loss and waste to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3.

• The paper examines the application of citizen science to address 26 priority research questions identified by experts as essential for meeting SDG 12.3, which targets a 50% reduction in per capita food waste at consumer and retail levels globally by 2030, alongside reductions in production and supply chain losses.
• Citizen science is presented as more than a tool for quantifying and understanding the causes of food waste; it is a mechanism for driving change by influencing policy making and individual behavior, while fostering a shared understanding among all food system actors to reduce waste.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Citizen Science to Reduce Food Waste. https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-to-reduce-food-waste/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Citizen Science to Reduce Food Waste. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-to-reduce-food-waste/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Citizen Science to Reduce Food Waste |date=17 December 2020 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-to-reduce-food-waste/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020citizen, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Citizen Science to Reduce Food Waste}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-to-reduce-food-waste/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }