An Analysis of Food Waste in Czech Households-A Contribution to the International Reporting Effort
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F21%3A10430905" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/21:10430905 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/21:10430905 RIV/00216208:11240/21:10430905
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ePrWbbDV2j" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ePrWbbDV2j</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10040875" target="_blank" >10.3390/foods10040875</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An Analysis of Food Waste in Czech Households-A Contribution to the International Reporting Effort
Original language description
Food waste originating in households in the Czech Republic is an important but unknown issue. Due to the country's membership among the most developed economies (European Union, OECD) and its commitments towards UN Sustainable Development Goals, the government must, inter alia, significantly reduce household food waste. However, reliable data and indicators based on internationally agreed approaches and methods have been missing so far. This article brings original results from a survey comprising over 400 Czech households based on the kitchen diaries method showing that, on average, surveyed households discarded 2.6 kg (1.1 kg per capita) weekly. After extrapolation, the total food waste was estimated to be 135.7 kg per household or 57.1 kg per capita annually. Half of the total food waste from surveyed households was thrown into municipal bins for mixed waste. Despite a relatively low total food waste stream, its disposal needs substantial improvement to meet national and international regulations as well as sustainability criteria.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Foods [online]
ISSN
2304-8158
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
875
UT code for WoS article
000643043800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85104928954