The goal of this study was to find the way of reduction on food waste in the university cafeteria. A survey was conducted on the 500 faculty members using Yeungnam University cafeteria, and if illustrates the faculty's use and perception for the reduc...
The goal of this study was to find the way of reduction on food waste in the university cafeteria. A survey was conducted on the 500 faculty members using Yeungnam University cafeteria, and if illustrates the faculty's use and perception for the reduction of food waste. Its results can be summarized as follows 32.0% of the total users use the university cafeteria everyday, also 86.6% of the users preferred Korean style dish. Female users left more food than the male users resulting in more food wastes. The male users resulting in more food waste and the most leaving food was Kimchi than the other types of foods. The most favorite stew and side dish turned out to be Yukgaejang and Bulgogi respectively, also Kimchibokkumbab was the preferred dish. But they disliked Sunjiguk, Ginger, Jellyfish and Mackerel pike. The perception of male users on the reduction of food waste was lower than that of female users. The best way of food waste treatment recognized by the users were utilizing the waste food as fodder for animals or fertilizer.