Factors affecting food waste awareness in Turkey. The case of Çorum province

IF 0.7 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Eastern Journal of European Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.47743/ejes-2022-0113

G. Karakas

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Abstract

Every year in the world, a significant amount of food is wasted at the consumption stage. Since food waste awareness is the determinant of food waste behaviours, the aim of this paper is to determine the effect of materialist values, personality, religious norm, food choice, food expenditure, recycling and environmental awareness on food waste awareness. Survey data were obtained from consumers in urban areas of Çorum in March, April and May 2019. Structural Equation Model was conducted to determine the factors affecting food waste awareness of consumers. According to the results of the path analysis, religious norms were influenced only by personality, while environmental awareness was influenced by food expenditure and recycling. Although recycling was positively affected by environmental awareness, food expenditure and food choice, it was negatively affected by materialist values. The most important way to reduce food waste is to raise environmental awareness. Consumers should be informed about the impact of recycling, food expenditures, materialistic values and food choice on the environment in order to increase environmental awareness of consumers.

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影响土耳其食物浪费意识的因素。以Çorum省为例

世界上每年都有大量的食物在消费阶段被浪费掉。由于食物浪费意识是食物浪费行为的决定因素，因此本文的目的是确定物质主义价值观、个性、宗教规范、食物选择、食物支出、回收利用和环境意识对食物浪费意识的影响。调查数据来自于2019年3月、4月和5月Çorum城市地区的消费者。采用结构方程模型确定影响消费者食物浪费意识的因素。从路径分析的结果来看，宗教规范仅受个性的影响，而环境意识受食物消费和回收的影响。虽然回收利用受到环境意识、食物支出和食物选择的积极影响，但受到物质主义价值观的消极影响。减少食物浪费最重要的方法是提高环保意识。应使消费者了解回收利用、食品支出、物质价值和食品选择对环境的影响，以提高消费者的环保意识。

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Eastern Journal of European Studies AREA STUDIES-

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1.30

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16.70%

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审稿时长

10 weeks

期刊介绍： The Eastern Journal of European Studies (EJES) seeks to provide a forum for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue between ideas, and a framework for theoretical and empirical analyses covering major topics in European studies: European history, politics, European economy and European policies, EU community law, European culture and society. EJES encourages studies focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (including Eastern Neighbourhood) in order to better understand its transformations induced by the integration process and to address its specific challenges by supporting scientific debates on the general European theory and practice. Furthermore, the editorial board regularly invites distinguished guest editors to coordinate thematic issues.