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Guelph Food Waste Research Project

Guelph Food Waste Research Project. Vivian De Giovanni City of Guelph MWA Spring Workshop May 2014. The 5 W’s. What is the Food Waste Research Project? How, when and where was the project undertaken? Why did we conduct the project?. 2. Weighing the bags at the curb.

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Guelph Food Waste Research Project

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  1. Guelph Food WasteResearch Project Vivian De Giovanni City of Guelph MWA Spring Workshop May 2014

  2. The 5 W’s • What is the Food Waste Research Project? • How, when and where was the project undertaken? • Why did we conduct the project? 2

  3. Weighing the bags at the curb

  4. Food Waste Behaviours, Attitudes and Beliefs • Waste overview • Identifying waste • Food Habits • Attitudes toward waste

  5. Demographics and Average Waste • How many people are in your household? Average: 3.3; Median: 3; Mode: 2; Range: 1-9 • How many children in your home are under the age of 18? Average: 1; Median: 0; Mode: 0; Range: 0-3 • Average total weekly waste – 31.2 kg • Clear bag – 7.1 kg • Blue bag – 11.6 kg • Green bag – 12.5 kg • Average per capita weekly waste – 10.2 kg • Clear bag – 2.2 kg • Blue bag – 3.8 kg • Green bag – 4.2 kg

  6. Hshd Waste Management Behaviours • 1) How do you dispose of food waste in your home? • a) green bag (Y 100%/N 0%) • b) garbage bag (Y 39%/N 61%) • c) backyard/indoor composter (Y 13%/N 87%) • d) garburator/sewage system (Y 12%/N 89%) • e) feed domestic / wild animals (Y 20%/N 80%) • f) take food waste directly to landfill/transfer station (Y 15%/N 85%)

  7. Types of Waste

  8. How Do You Decide What to Discard?

  9. Gardens, Fridges, Shopping

  10. Food Waste

  11. Who is Responsible to Reduce Food Waste

  12. Next Steps – Wish List • Still on bags - Phase 3: collect weights from 300 hshds and follow-up survey • Carts – Phase 1 or 2: weigh contents from 300 hshds, audit organics and garbage • Re-weigh previous hshds, audit organics & garbage for behaviour change

  13. Vivian De Giovanni Supervisor, Program Development Solid Waste Resources City of Guelph vivian.degiovanni@guelph.ca

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