Determination Of The Factors Affecting The Amount Of Food Waste Generated From Households In Turkey
Keywords:
households, food waste, socio-demographic, shopping, planning
Abstract
Aim of this study is to put forward and discuss the analysis results of various factors, on the creation of food waste from households.Online survey application was used with 1488 individuals participated in the study 32.9% of the participants stated that they form 0-1 kg of food waste.The main reasons for food waste are;mouldy food etc.,food left in the refrigerator for too long and the expiration date of food.There was a negative significant association between the amount of food waste in households and age, living place, control of refrigerator/storage cabinet before shopping and preparation of shopping list the time of determination of food to be cooked and frequency of preparing meals with fresh foods, while there was a positive significant association between the amount of food waste in households and household average food consumption per week, a number of women living at home, frequency of food shopping, buying food that is not needed when shopping, frequency of noticing that you forgot to use food once you used in refrigerator/storage cabinet and not use them again, frequency of ordering food at home, frequency of food preparation with prepared food products, and frequency of thinking that portion size of dish was large when cooking or serving a meal. Also, it has been found that there is a statistically significant relationship between the amount of food waste with the profession, shopping place and feeling guilty when throwing food away(p<0.05).Based on the study results, to prevent waste generation behaviours of individuals,effective initiatives can be made with awareness campaigns in various areas.
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Aschemann-Witzel, J., Jensen, H.J., Jensen, M.H., & Kulikovskaja, V. (2017b). Consumer behaviour towards price-reduced suboptimal foods in the supermarket and the relation to food waste in households. Appetite, 116, 2462- 58.
Barr, S. (2007). Factors influencing environmental attitudes and behaviours: a U.K. case study of household waste management. Environment and Behaviour, 39, 435–473.
Bell, D.R., Corsten, D., & Knox, G. (2011). From point of purchase to path to purchase: How preshopping factors drive unplanned buying. Journal of Marketing, 75(1), 31-45.
Beretta, C., Stoessel, F., Baier, U., & Hellweg, S. (2013). Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction in Switzerland. Waste Management, 33, 764–773.
Bolaane, B., & Ali, M. (2004). Sampling household waste at source: lessons learnt in Gaborone. Waste Managment& Research, 22 (3), 142-148.
Chandon, P., & Wansink, B. (2006). How biased household inventory estimates distort shopping and storage decisions. Journal of Marketing, 70(4), 118-135.
Cox, J., Giorgi, S., Sharp, V., Strange, K., Wilson, D.C., & Blakey, N. (2010). Household waste prevention-a review of evidence. Waste Managment& Research, 28 (3), 193-219.
Evans, D. (2012) Beyond the throwaway society: ordinary domestic practice and a sociological approach to household food waste. Sociology, 46, 41–56.
Farr‐Wharton, G., Foth, M., Choi, J.H.J. (2014). Identifying factors that promote consumer behaviours causing expired domestic food waste. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 13 (6), 393-402.
Gaiani, S., Caldeira, S., Adorno, V., Segrè, A., & Vittuari, M. (2018). Food wasters: Profiling consumers’ attitude to waste food in Italy. Waste Management, 72, 17–24.
Ganglbauer, E., Fitzpatrick, G., & Comber, R. (2013). Negotiating food waste: using a practice lens to inform design. ACM Trans. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 20(2), 1-25.
Ghinea, C., & Ghiuta, O.A. (2018). Household food waste generation: young consumers behaviour, habits and attitudes International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16, 2185–2200.
Graham-Rowe, E., Jessop, D.C., & Sparks, P. (2014). Identifying motivations and barriers to minimising household food waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 84, 15-23.
Griffin, M., Sobal, J., & Lyson, T.A. (2009). An analysis of a community food waste stream. Agriculture and Human Values, 26(1-2), 67-81.
Hamilton, C., Denniss, R., & Baker, D. (2005). Wasteful consumption in Australia. Discussion Paper No. 77. The Australia Institute, Manuka, March. available at: www.tai.org.au/documents/dp_fulltext/DP77.pdf.
Hanssen, O.J., Syversen, F., & Stø, E. (2016). Edible food waste from Norwegian households – detailed food waste composition analysis among households in two different regions in Norway. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 109, 146-154.
Janssen, M.A., Nijenhuis-De Vrıes, M.A., Boer, E.P.J., & Kremer, S. (2017). Fresh, frozen, or ambient food equivalents and their impact on food waste generation in Dutch households. Waste Management, 67, 298–307.
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Koivupuro, H.K, Hartikainen, H., Silvennoinen, K., Katajajuuri, J.M, Heikıntalo, N., Reinikainen, A., & Jalkanen, L. (2012). Influence of socio-demographical, behavioural and attitudinal factors on the amount of avoidable food waste generated in Finnish households. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 3(2), 183-191.
Kummu, M., De Moel, H., Porkka, M., Siebert, S., Varis, O., & Ward, P.J. (2012). Lost food, wasted resources: global food supply chain losses and their impacts on freshwater, cropland, and fertiliser use. Science of the Total Environment, 438(0), 477-489.
Lanfranchi, M., Calabro, G., De Pascale, A., Fazio, A., & Giannetto, C. (2016). Household food waste and eating behavior: empirical survey. British Food Journal, 118, 3059-3072.
Lyndhurst, B., Cox, J., & Downing, P. (2007). Food Behaviour Consumer Research: Quantitative Phase. Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), Banbury, UK.
Mallinson, L.J., Russell, J.M., & Barker, M.E. (2016). Attitudes and behaviour towards convenience food and food waste in the United Kingdom. Appetite, 103, 17–28.
Mattar, L., Abiad, M.G., Chalak, A., Diab, M., Hassan, H. (2018). Attitudes and behaviors shaping household food waste generation: Lessons from Lebanon. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198, 1219-1223.
Mondejar-Jimenez, J.A., Ferrari, G., Secondi, L., Principato, L. (2016). From the table to waste: an exploratory study on behaviour towards food waste of Spanish and Italian youths. Journal of Cleaner Production, 138, 8-18.
Monier, V., Shailendra, M., Escalon, V., O’Connor, C., Gibon, T., Anderson, G., Hortense, M., & Reisinger, H. (2011). Preparatory Study on Food Waste across EU 27. European Commission (DG ENV) Directorate C- Industry. 2010. Final Report. ISBN: 978-92-79-22138-5.
Neff, R.A., Spiker, M.L., & Truant, P.L. (2015). Wasted Food: U.S. Consumers’ Reported Awareness, Attitudes, and Behaviors. PLoS One, 10 (6), 0127881.
Parfitt, J., Barthel, M., & Macnaughton, S. (2010). Food waste within food supply chains:quantification and potential for change to 2050. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365, 3065- 3081.
Parizeau, K., Von Massow, M., & Martin, R. (2015). Household-level dynamics of food waste production and related beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours in Guelph, Ontario. Waste Management, 35, 207-217.
van der Werf, P. (2018). Developing and Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste. PhD Thesis, Western University.
Ponis, S.T., Papanikolaou, P.A., Katimertzoglou, P., Ntalla, A.C., & Xenos, K.I. (2017). Household food waste in Greece: a questionnaire survey. Journal of Cleaner Production, 149, 1268–1277.
Porpino, G., Parente, J., & Wansink, B. (2015). Food waste paradox: antecedents of food disposal in low income households. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 39, 619-629.
Principato, L., Secondi, L., & Pratesi, C.A. (2015). Reducing food waste: an investigation on the behavior of Italian youths. British Food Journal, 117(2), 731-748.
Qİ, D,, & Roe, B.E. (2016). Household food waste: multivariate regression and principal components analyses of awareness and attitudes among US consumers. PLoS One, 11, -0159250.
Quested, T., Marsh, E., Stunell, D., & Parry, A. (2013). Spaghetti soup: the complex World of food waste behaviours. Resource, Conservation and Recycling, 79, 43-51.
Secondi, L., Principato, L., & Laureti, T. (2015). Household food waste behaviour in EU-27 countries: a multilevel analysis. Food Policy, 56, 25-40.
Setti, M., Falasconi, L., Sergè, A., Cusano, I., & Vittuari, M. (2016). Italian consumeŕ income and food waste behavior. British Food Journal, 118, 1731–1746.
Sharp, V., Giorgi, S., & Wilson, D.C. (2010). Delivery and impact of household waste prevention intervention campaign (at the local level). Waste Management and Research, 28, 256–268.
Silvennoinen, K., Katajajuuri, J.M, Hartikainen, H., Heikkilä, L., & Reinikainen, A. (2014). Food waste volume and composition in Finnish household. British Food Journal, 116(6), 1058-1068.
Stancu, V., Haugaard, P., & Lahteenmaki, L. (2016). Determinants of consumer food waste behaviour: two routes to food waste. Appetite, 96, 7-17.
Stefan, V., Van Herpen, E., Tudoran, A.A., & L€Ahteenm€Aki, L. (2013). Avoiding food waste by Romanian consumers: the importance of planning and shopping routines. Food Quality and Preference, 28, 375-381.
Szabó-Bóiı, B., Kasza, G., & Szakos, D. (2018). Assessment of household food waste in Hungary. British Food Journal, 120(3), 625-638.
Tucker, C.A., & Farrelly, T. (2015). Household food waste: The implications of consumer choice in food from purchase to disposal. Local Environment, 21(6), 682-706.
Visschers, V., Wickli, N., & Siegrist, M. (2016). Sorting out food waste behaviour: A survey on the motivators and barriers of self-reported amounts of food waste in households. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 45, 66-78.
Williams, H., Wikstrom, F., Otterbring, T., Lofgren, M., & Gustafsson, A. (2012). Reasons for household food waste with special attention to packaging. Journal of Cleaner Production, 24, 141–148.
WRAP. (2009). Household food and drink waste in the UK. Banbury, UK, ISBN 1- 84405-430-6.
Published
2021-02-12
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SONGÜR BOZDAĞ, A. N., & ÇAKIROĞLU, F. P. (2021). Determination Of The Factors Affecting The Amount Of Food Waste Generated From Households In Turkey. Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society, 9(2). Retrieved from https://thefutureoffoodjournal.com/index.php/FOFJ/article/view/324
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