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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2016.38.3.101

An Exploration on Food Waste Management of Local Governments  

Oh, Jeongik (Advanced Technology 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.38, no.3, 2016 , pp. 101-109 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research is to explore food waste management across local governments. In particular, pubic administration on food waste, food waste management (from generation to disposal) and civil complaints in jurisdiction are examined. In doing so, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among civil officers in charge of food waste management, and all the collected responses were statistically analyzed. The main results were as follows: public spending on food waste management was a little larger in metropolises than in provincial cities, and the largest food waste source was identified as households (in housing). While regular collection of food waste by trucks was the most common transport method adopted by local governments, resource recovery for compost/fertilizer production was widely used. Also, most of the respondents agreed that the current approach to food waste handling practices are necessarily replaced with more advanced technology converting waste into energy or fuel. Further, it's found that the civil complaints on food waste management were largely categorized into 3 groups - food waste handling, civil service and food waste retrieval. Therefore, the findings indicate that the development and application of no-food waste or waste-to-resource systems are effective in housing estates where large amount of food waste is generated and eliminated.
Keywords
Food Waste Management; Public Spending; Civil Complaint; Local Government; Residential Environment;
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