Food waste in the catering industry has become a prominent problem in the sustainable development of global resources, and the lack of compliance disposal channels for surplus meals of individual catering merchants is the core blockage of the current grain conservation and loss reduction work. At present, China’s anti-food waste policy has not formulated special rules for surplus meal electronic platforms, and there are four major system gaps: supervision, incentives, supporting and coordination. This study employs the literature research method, policy text analysis method and normative analysis method, grounded in circular economy theory, transaction cost theory and policy tool theory. It clarifies the boundary for the compliant sales of surplus meals, identifies the core deficiencies of existing policies and analyzes their underlying causes. Finally, a four-dimensional policy optimization path is proposed, covering supervision improvement, incentive enhancement, supporting system supplementation and collaborative governance. The research results can provide practical reference for the improvement of China’s food conservation and anti-food waste policy system, and help reduce food waste and improve the efficiency of food resource utilization in catering.
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Li, Y. (2025) Research on the Optimization of Anti-food Waste Policy on the Electronic Platform of Surplus Meals from the Perspective of Policy Tools. Journal of Social Development and History, 1(6), 135-140. https://doi.org/10.71052/jsdh/KMLY4975