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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2013.35.5.321

Exploring Residents' Attitudes in Multifamily Housing Toward Food Waste Zero-Emission System with Fermentation and Extinction Technology  

Oh, Jeongik (Environmental Energy Research Team, Land & Housing Institute, Korea Land & Housing Corporation)
Lee, Hyunjeong (Department of Housing & Interior Design, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.35, no.5, 2013 , pp. 321-333 More about this Journal
Abstract
As environmental sustainability becomes a key consideration in policy-making, more responsible consumption and utilization in daily life concern both health and quality of life. To address inequities in health in relation to environments, waste management has taken more progressive ways, and one of them is biomass-to-energy conversion that utilizes energy recovery from food waste. By extension, a food waste zero-emission system using fermentation and extinction technology gains much attention, so that this study is designed to examine residents' attitudes toward recycling food waste produced at home and toward food waste zero-emission system. Utilizing a survey questionnaire, this research collected data from 400 individual units of multifamily housing estates nationwide, and the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicate that food waste generated at home was highly water-contained and produced in the stage of food preparation before cooking while respondents viewed that food waste collection and treatment needed to be improved. It's noted that respondents strongly supported the use of food waste as a energy source and would have the use of the food waste zero-emission system built in kitchen sink. Regression analysis showed that educational attainment of housewives, cooking style, and planning food purchase were statistically significant factors in the attitude of the responded residents toward recycling food waste while none of the factors were in the attitude toward the food waste zero-emission system.
Keywords
Food Waste; Fermentation and Extinction Technology; Food Waste Zero-Emission System; Bio Treatment; Multifamily Housing;
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