Balca Alaybek

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1. Introduction One-third of all food in America is wasted, contributing to global climate change and representing a significant financial loss []. The environmental impact of food waste is massive, comprising up to 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, 14% of all water use, 18% of all cropland use, and 24% of all landfill content [,,,,,]. As such, reducing food waste is one of the top three strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions.

MAIN SECTION SUBMISSION Balca Alaybek Corresponding Author balcaalaybek@gmail.com orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-7134 Department of Psychology, George Mason University Correspondence Balca Alaybek, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MSN 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030. Email: balcaalaybek@gmail.com Search for more papers by this author The authors thank Jose M. Cortina, Paul J. Michiels, Haydar Bolunmez, and Laura S.