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Food waste Food waste

Food waste in Finland Food waste in Italy

Only few studies have been made in Finland to reduce food waste. Most of the Italian consumers waste per year on average over 100 kg.
studies conducted have examined the use of household waste. These surveys The Italian Parliament, has approved a law against food waste (n.166/2016).
have mainly been conducted as measurements, monitoring and surveys, and by The main aims of the law are:
calculating or evaluating data. • Promoting the recovery and donation of food surpluses for charitable pur
(Katajajuuri et al.2014, 232; Silvennoinen 6.7.2016.) poses, using firstly for human consumption, secondly for animal

consumption and finally for composting. It, thus, in
Silvennoinen and others made the Foodspill project managed by MTT in 2010- troduces an implicit food waste hierarchy.
2012. This study was carried out as a sorting study in which a diary was used • Minimising the negative impacts on the environment and on na
to chart the household’s food volumes. Information was collected on consumer tural resources, reducing waste generation, encouraging reuse and
misconduct and attitudes by group interviews and consumer surveys. The
results of the research show that in Finland average food loss is about 23-24 recycle, extending products life.The law is inforced not using penal
kg per person. Figure 12 shows the average amount of food loss in Finland. ties but only using incentives such as a reduction of the local waste tax.
The picture illustrates what kind of food the average Finns throw into garbage. (Zero waste Europe 2018.)
According to the study, this meant about 120-160 kg per household.
(Katajajuuri et al. 2014, 322–234; Silvennoinen et al. 2013a, 1; Silvennoinen et Food waste in Croatia
al. 2013b, 56–57; Silvennoinen et al. 2012, 3–4.)
According to the results of the European study the residents of Croatia waste
Figure 12. Average Finnish food waste per person per year (CC-BY-NC-ND Haapakorpi, O. 2016) 380 thousand tonns of health correct food in year, which is 93 kg per capita
(Dnevnik.hr 2018).

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