TY  - JOUR
T1  - Household Food Consumption and Disposal Behaviour in Malaysia
AU - Jereme, Innocent A. AU - Talib, Basri Abdul AU - Siwar, Chamhuri AU - Begum, Rawshan Ara 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
SP  - 533
EP  - 539
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.533.539
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.533.539
KW  - Household food consumption
KW  -sustainable consumption and disposal behaviour
KW  -food
KW  -waste management
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - The problem of food waste among households in Malaysia is 
  becoming a great concern to the local authorities as enormous amount is spent 
  in disposing food waste. With increased in households income, as a result of 
  good economy in the last two decades and changes in consumption pattern, food 
  waste has grown to alarming figures. Therefore, this study examines food consumption 
  and disposal behaviour among households in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Households 
  were randomly selected from Kajang. Bangi and Serdang with the objective to 
  investigate household food consumption and disposal behaviour so as to achieve 
  sustainable food consumption and food waste management in these areas. Also, 
  what factors influences their consumption and disposal behaviour. Factor Analysis 
  (FA) was used for the empirical analysis. Findings from the result have revealed 
  that over all respondent’s attitudes 
  shows that they do not like to waste their food while some of them prefer to 
  eat freshly cook food both at home and restaurants rather than leftover food. 
  However on the other hand, food waste composting and disposal behaviour is influenced 
  by neighborhood attitude towards disposal.
ER  -