The paper deals with Czech households’ subjective views on food waste. It examines households’ attitudes to food waste, including the causes of food waste. The primary data were obtained via a questionnaire survey with 1 582 respondents. The analyses allowed the identification of three categories of Czech households with different attitudes to food waste and its causes. These findings provide a basis for a proper selection of corrective measures aimed at amending or even completely transforming the current behaviour.
attitudes to waste; causes of waste; consumer behaviour; food loss; segmentation
Borma A. (2017): Food waste – a global problem. SEA: Practical Application of Science, 5: 353–362.
European Agency for the Environment (2016): Food Waste. Available at https://www.eea.europa.eu/signals/signals-2012/close-ups/food-waste (accessed Jan 25, 2017).
European Commission (2018): Food Waste. Available at https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food_waste_en (accessed Feb 13, 2018).
European Court of Auditors (2017): Combating Food Waste: an Opportunity for the EU to Improve the Resource-Efficiency of the Food Supply Chain. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. Available at http://publications.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/foodwaste-34-2016/ (accessed Jan 20, 2018).
Food and Agriculture Organisation (2011): The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture. Managing Systems at Risk. FAO, Rome. Available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i1688e/i1688e.pdf
Gustavsson J., Cederberg C., Sonesson U. (2011): Global food losses and food waste. In: Procee-dings Save Food Congress, Düsseldorf May 16, 2011. Available at: http://www.madr.ro/docs/ind-alimentara/risipa_alimentara/presentation_food_waste.pdf (accessed Mar 24, 2017).
Monier V., Mudgal S., Escalon V., O’Connor C., Gibon T., Anderson G., Montoux H. (2010): Prepara-tory Study on Food Waste across EU 27. Technical Report 2010–054. Bio Intelligence Service, Fran-ce. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/pdf/bio_foodwaste_report.pdf (accessed Feb 1, 2018).
Tostivint C., Östergren K., Quested T., Soethoudt H., Stenmarck A., Svanes E., O’Connor C. (2016): Food Waste Quantification Manual to Monitor Food Waste Amounts and Progression. Bio by Deloitte, Paris.
WRAP (2014): Household Food and Drink Waste in the UK. Final Report. WRAP, Banbury Available at http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Household_food_and_drink_waste_in_the_UK_-_report.pdf (accessed Feb 8, 2018).
