Moral Justifications of Food Waste: Students in a University Cafeteria

The topic of waste interlocks the climate crisis and consumption debates, yet understanding food waste is unattended. This study explores how students morally justify their food waste practices at the university cafeteria in Turkey. While it integrates consumption and food waste literature, it provides novel insights by employing pragmatic sociology.



Citation:

Selin Özokcu and Eminegül Karababa (2021) ,"Moral Justifications of Food Waste: Students in a University Cafeteria", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 918-918.

Authors

Selin Özokcu, Middle East Technical University
Eminegül Karababa, Middle East Technical University



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021



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