Dimensions of household food waste in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorDölekoğlu, Celile Özçiçek
dc.contributor.authorGün, Sema
dc.contributor.authorŞengül, Seda
dc.contributor.authorVar, Isıl
dc.contributor.authorGiray, Handan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:30:18Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:30:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractFood waste creates an increasing concern at the global level and searching methods how to solve food waste is also a significantly increasing. Finding adequate solutions and implementing is only possible through defining the problem. To solve a complicated problem like food waste which interests large population and has different kind of features for each product is a time consuming. At this point, revealing food waste at the different stages is important. The biggest share from the waste is taken by households. This study covers the analyses results of the surveys conducted in 3 big cities in different geographic region in order to identify household food waste’s level in Turkey. Totally 1155 surveys were conducted in Erzurum, İzmir and Adana in June 2016 and 2017. In addition to food waste, its perception, food purchase and store behaviors of the consumers were investigated. The results show that households wasted about 7.5 tonnes food during the month surveys carried out. Only 180 families out of 1155 had no food waste and this number is higher in Erzurum. The highest food waste was observed in Adana where it was 3.3 tonnes per month while it was 2.6 tonnes in Erzurum and 1.6 tonnes in İzmir. © 2021, Bononia University Press. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipTÜBİTAK; Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu, TÜBITAK, (115K564)
dc.identifier.doi10.30682/NM2105D
dc.identifier.endpage63
dc.identifier.issn1594-5685
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85125400207
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage47
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.30682/NM2105D
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/1574
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBononia University Press
dc.relation.ispartofNew Medit
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectConsumer food waste
dc.subjectFood Waste
dc.subjectFood Waste Turkey
dc.subjectProbit
dc.titleDimensions of household food waste in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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