Uncovering residents and restaurants’ attitude and willingness toward effective food waste management: A case study of Macau

Liang, Yangyang; Song, Qingbin; Liu, Gang; Li, Jinhui

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.05.021

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“…A wedding or bereavement event is believed to be the event that leads to the most serious food waste. These conditions were similar to Macau [ 12 ], and this may be due to the reason of high living standards and low environmental conscience ( Figure 7 ) in Macau [ 12 ]. The high living standard also increased the total food waste [ 20 , 21 ].…”

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“…This finding was similar to what the people who live in Macau believed. About 70% of people in Macau think that bio-compost is the best way to treat food waste [ 12 ]. However, they are not willing to have a compost pile at home due to the reasons of pest attraction (20%), smell (22%), no extra space allowed (25%), no time to take care of it (28%), and other reasons (4%) [ 12 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…About 70% of people in Macau think that bio-compost is the best way to treat food waste [ 12 ]. However, they are not willing to have a compost pile at home due to the reasons of pest attraction (20%), smell (22%), no extra space allowed (25%), no time to take care of it (28%), and other reasons (4%) [ 12 ]. Approximately 70% of people in Macau are willing to pay more for food waste separation; nevertheless, it is correspondent to the level of income and age [ 12 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…e survey is performed based on a probability sample of 400 Malaysian respondents (Table 1; Figure 1) to represent the population of Malaysia (32,814,249). e survey questions were multilingual, including English, Malay, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, and were modified and adapted according to the study [9,11,12]. e survey was initiated in November 2021 and ended in January 2022. e respondents were approached through social media such as e-mail, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and Facebook.…”

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Food Waste Behaviour and Awareness of Malaysian

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Food waste is a vast issue global, including in Malaysia. Food waste brings negative impacts, including increasing food production costs, impact on human health, and environmental degradation. Malaysian’s animal- and plant-based diet preferences affected the desired food waste decomposition method as most of the methods only allow plant-based material to be utilized as food waste compost. The objectives of this study were to understand Malaysians' awareness of food waste behaviour and the food waste component for the decomposition. Malaysians usually produce more plant-based food waste than animal-based food waste. Most Malaysians have a high awareness of causes and impact of food waste, but they lack action on food waste reduction. Bio-compost is believed to be the most effective method to manage food waste, and most of them were willing to have it at home. However, some of them are unwilling to have a compost pile at home because there is no time to take care of it.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Food Waste Behaviour and Awareness of Malaysian

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“…With the rapid economic development, population growth and booming tourism in recent years, the large amount of solid waste generated in Macao has exerted great pressure on environmental management and recycling systems [9,10]. In Macao, solid waste has increased from 232,726 tons in 2001 to 550,249 tons in 2019, 23.5% of which were plastic wastes [11].…”

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Perception and Behavioural Changes of Residents and Enterprises under the Plastic Bag Restricting Law

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With the severe plastic pollution issue worldwide, restrictions or bans on plastic bags have become the most popular policy intervention. As essential participants in reducing plastic consumption, residents and enterprises are vital in implementing the plastic bag restriction law (PBRL). Through a questionnaires survey of the 630 consumers and 50 enterprises, this study investigates residents’ and enterprises’ perceptions and behavioural changes toward PBRL in Macao and identifies the key influence factors. The results show that most of the respondents (95%) began to reduce the use of plastic bags after implementing the PBRL. The Internet and TV/radio were essential ways for respondents to acquire knowledge of the PBRL policy. The results of applying the binary regression model indicate that demographic characteristics (gender), plastic bags knowledge, environmental concern, and policy satisfaction were the key factors in individual consumers’ behavioural changes. For enterprises, the supermarkets have the most significant decline in sales of plastic bags. Moreover, some enterprises, especially grocery stores and supermarkets also imply that their sales are affected after implementing the PBRL. The obtained results in this study may serve as a reference for Macao and other regions to promote and improve PBRL in the future.

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