Increases in Household Food Waste in Canada as a Result of COVID-19: An Exploratory Study
| Autor: | Louise Spiteri, Janet Music, Sylvain Charlebois, Shannon Farrell, Alysha Griffin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment sustainable food systems Geography Planning and Development digestive oral and skin physiology Exploratory research COVID-19 pandemic TJ807-830 environmental impacts Management Monitoring Policy and Law household food waste TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Variety (cybernetics) Environmental sciences Food waste Environmental health Canadian households Pandemic Sustainable agriculture Significance testing GE1-350 Business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 23; Pages: 13218 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 13218, p 13218 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su132313218 |
| Popis: | The era of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a variety of individual lifestyle and behavioural changes, and could, therefore, potentially involve a shift towards more sustainable food systems. This research was conducted through an online survey of cross-sectional design. We surveyed 8272 Canadians in August of 2020. Participants answered questions about socio-demographic food waste amounts in kilograms, and food-waste-management behaviours. In this exploratory study, we assessed the relationships between socio-demographic variables, and self-reported food-waste behaviours through two-tailed significance testing. Results indicated that Canadian households self-reported an insignificant decrease in food waste during the pandemic. Respondents reported allowing food to expire, not utilizing leftovers, and not finishing meals. Understanding food-waste behaviour changes is key to designing effective mitigation strategies to reduce household food waste and to minimize the environmental consequences with which food waste is associated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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