1. 1 Guelph Food Waste Research Project Vivian De Giovanni City of Guelph MWA Spring Workshop May 2014

2. 2 The 5 W’s What is the Food Waste Research Project? How, when and where was the project undertaken? Why did we conduct the project? 2

3. 3 Weighing the bags at the curb

4. 4 Food Waste Behaviours, Attitudes and Beliefs Waste overview Identifying waste Food Habits Attitudes toward waste

5. 5 Demographics and Average Waste How many people are in your household? Average: 3.3; Median: 3; Mode: 2; Range: 1-9 How many children in your home are under the age of 18? Average: 1; Median: 0; Mode: 0; Range: 0-3 Average total weekly waste – 31.2 kg –Clear bag – 7.1 kg –Blue bag – 11.6 kg –Green bag – 12.5 kg Average per capita weekly waste – 10.2 kg –Clear bag – 2.2 kg –Blue bag – 3.8 kg –Green bag – 4.2 kg

6. 6 Hshd Waste Management Behaviours 1) How do you dispose of food waste in your home? a) green bag (Y 100%/N 0%) b) garbage bag (Y 39%/N 61%) c) backyard/indoor composter (Y 13%/N 87%) d) garburator/sewage system (Y 12%/N 89%) e) feed domestic / wild animals (Y 20%/N 80%) f) take food waste directly to landfill/transfer station (Y 15%/N 85%)

7. 7 Types of Waste

8. 8 How Do You Decide What to Discard?

9. 9 Gardens, Fridges, Shopping

10. 10 Food Waste

11. 11 Who is Responsible to Reduce Food Waste

12. 12 Next Steps – Wish List Still on bags - Phase 3: collect weights from 300 hshds and follow-up survey Carts – Phase 1 or 2: weigh contents from 300 hshds, audit organics and garbage Re-weigh previous hshds, audit organics & garbage for behaviour change

13. 13 Vivian De Giovanni Supervisor, Program Development Solid Waste Resources City of Guelph vivian.degiovanni@guelph.ca