Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental cost of food wastage: Integrated response through a mix of environmental policy instruments Subject The topic of the resource environmental cost; environmental policy; food wastage; greenhouse gases; sustainable development Description An account of the resource Food, when wasted, reaches landfills and emits greenhouse gases. The impact of greenhouse gases (GHGs), in turn, is felt by even those who do not waste food in the place. Externalities thus created are known to distort market efficiency and the most widely discussed externality is climate change. This study takes the case of United States of America (USA) to ascertain the GHGs resulting due to food wastage. The difference between cost per capita due to emissions from animal-based products and emissions from plant-based products comes out to be $122. In the year 1997 total GHG emission for the entire population of the USA due to food wastage was 401.98 billion kgCO2eq, costing the country 45.42 billion US dollars. Two decades later, in 2017, the food waste costs went up by 6 billion US dollars amounting to 51.14 billion US dollars and 452.64 billion kgCO2eq of GHG emissions The novelty of this research lies in highlighting the carbon footprints of food wastage in terms of GHG's and monetizing these emissions. The study proposes an integrated response through a mix of environmental policy instruments of economic incentives, command and control and moral suasion. 2023 ERP Environment and John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jain P.; Sarawgi A.; Jain P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sustainable Development, Vol-31, No. 4, pp. 2464-2470. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available John Wiley and Sons Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2522" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2522</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149231194&amp;doi=10.1002%2Fsd.2522&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=306e8a5b59bf4e36265338147e78e6c7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149231194&amp;doi=10.1002%2fsd.2522&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=306e8a5b59bf4e36265338147e78e6c7</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9680802 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jain P., Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India; Sarawgi A., Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India; Jain P., Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India