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Food waste volume and origin: Case studies in the Finnish food service sector

Silvennoinen, Kirsi, Heikkilä, Lotta, Katajajuuri, Juha-Matti, Reinikainen, Anu·2015·Waste Management

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We carried out a project to map the volume and composition of food waste in the Finnish food service sector. The amount, type and origin of avoidable food waste were investigated in 51 food service outlets, including schools, day-care centres, workplace canteens, petrol stations, restaurants and diners. Food service outlet personnel kept diaries and weighed the food produced and wasted during a one-week or one-day period. For weighing and sorting, the food waste was divided into two categories: originally edible (OE) food waste was separated from originally inedible (OIE) waste, such as vegetable peelings, bones and coffee grounds. In addition, food waste (OE) was divided into three categories in accordance with its origins: kitchen waste, service waste and customer leftovers. According to the results, about 20% of all food handled and prepared in the sector was wasted. The findings also suggest that the main drivers of wasted food are buffet services and overproduction.

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  • Excessive cooking in the household causes food waste, and the type of service provided in the food service industry that provides an excessive amount of food such as a buffet also causes food waste.

    “Excessive cooking in the household causes food waste, but the type of service provided in the food service industry, which provides an excessive amount of food such as a buffet, also causes food waste [43,64,105].”

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Authors
Silvennoinen, K., Heikkilä, L., Katajajuuri, J.-M., & Reinikainen, A.
Affiliations
Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI)
Corresponding author
Silvennoinen, Kirsi
Venue
Waste Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-12
Volume
46
Pages
140-145
ISSN
0956-053X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1900166890
Cited by
297
References
9
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 9
FWCI
15.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Waste Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
Keywords
food waste, food service industry, avoidable food waste, food waste composition, buffet service, overproduction, school canteens, workplace canteens, restaurants
MeSH terms
Finland, Food Services, Garbage, Solid Waste

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