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Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 13 Oct 2021Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Sustainability, volume 13, page 11,311 (eissn: 2071-1050,

Authors: Lea Kubíčková; Lucie Veselá; Marcela Kormaňáková;

doi: 10.3390/su132011311

Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

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Abstract

The issue of food waste is a problem that affects the whole society. Food is wasted throughout the food chain. Households are great contributors to the problem. A detailed analysis of municipal waste from the production of 900 Czech households was performed. These datasets allowed for comprehensive insides. The analyses of mixed municipal waste were performed every quarter of the year (summer 2019–spring 2020). The method of municipal waste analysis was supplemented by questionnaire survey among households and 10 in-depth interviews aimed at identifying the main causes of waste. One of the periods in which food waste was measured was affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This finding has also been confirmed by findings from other countries. The climatic crisis multiplied by the impacts of COVID-19 has highlighted the need to actively address the issue of food waste.

Related Organizations

Mendel University Brno
Czech Republic
Mendel University Brno
Czech Republic

Keywords

waste composition analysis, Environmental effects of industries and plants, households, TJ807-830, consumer behaviour, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, Environmental sciences, food waste, GE1-350

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