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Table 6

Main findings from the waste composition analyses

References	Design/methodology/approach	Sample features	Results
Hanssen et al. (2016)	Waste was collected by the municipalities on ordinary collection dates and represented one week of waste from each household. Waste from each household was collected in 160 L waste bags. For food waste in original packaging, the packaging is included in food weight	12 households recruited in Fredrikstad and Hallingdal (Norway). All inhabitants in the sampling areas received a letter informing them about the anonymous waste sampling	Food waste per household per week: 3.76 kg on average, of which 2.17 kg edible and 0.60 kg of edible food in original packaging
Rajan et al. (2017)	Food wastes collected in campus composting green bins	2 primary foodservice providers at Prince George Campus in Columbia, US	1.1 t of food waste per week
Delley and Brunner (2018)	Data from national waste compositional analysis conducted by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. The authors divided biogenic waste into other foods, preparation waste, garden waste and meat/fish	See Table 2	National waste composition analysis resulted in a total of 89.4 kg of mostly avoidable household food waste per capita per year
Elimelech et al. (2018)	Mix of physical waste survey with measurement of municipal solid waste composition. The method is based on the principle of measuring waste of individual households on a daily basis. It includes the following four elements: capturing food waste at the point at which it enters the waste stream collecting waste samples at the doorstep using the individual household as a sampling unit collecting and sorting waste daily	192 households (634 individuals). 1,257 waste bags were analyzed during the study in Israel	Globally, 2,543.56 kg of food waste produced, of which 601.73 kg avoidable. Daily generation rate of 0.573 kg per capita
Giordano et al. (2018)	See Table 2	See Table 2	See Table 2
van der Werf et al. (2018)	Household waste composition study data (2012–2015), including a single “food waste” category, were gathered from nine Ontario municipalities, aggregated and analyzed to develop estimates of food waste in the garbage stream	28 single-family households in Ontario, Canada	On average, households disposed 2.40 kg per week of food waste in the garbage
van Dooren et al. (2019)	In order to determinate the food waste household composition, a classification analyses were performed in 13 municipalities, referring at residual waste (13 municipalities) and vegetable, fruits and garden waste (VFG). The residual and VFG waste of each household was manually sorted on a table at a central location	240 samples of 130 households (130 of residual waste and 110 for VFG in Netherlands	Declining trend in food waste per person per year from 37.4 kg in 2010 to 34.6 kg in 2013 and 30.4 kg in 2016

References	Design/methodology/approach	Sample features	Results
Hanssen et al. (2016)	Waste was collected by the municipalities on ordinary collection dates and represented one week of waste from each household. Waste from each household was collected in 160 L waste bags. For food waste in original packaging, the packaging is included in food weight	12 households recruited in Fredrikstad and Hallingdal (Norway). All inhabitants in the sampling areas received a letter informing them about the anonymous waste sampling	Food waste per household per week: 3.76 kg on average, of which 2.17 kg edible and 0.60 kg of edible food in original packaging
Rajan et al. (2017)	Food wastes collected in campus composting green bins	2 primary foodservice providers at Prince George Campus in Columbia, US	1.1 t of food waste per week
Delley and Brunner (2018)	Data from national waste compositional analysis conducted by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. The authors divided biogenic waste into other foods, preparation waste, garden waste and meat/fish	See Table 2	National waste composition analysis resulted in a total of 89.4 kg of mostly avoidable household food waste per capita per year
Elimelech et al. (2018)	Mix of physical waste survey with measurement of municipal solid waste composition. The method is based on the principle of measuring waste of individual households on a daily basis. It includes the following four elements: capturing food waste at the point at which it enters the waste stream collecting waste samples at the doorstep using the individual household as a sampling unit collecting and sorting waste daily	192 households (634 individuals). 1,257 waste bags were analyzed during the study in Israel	Globally, 2,543.56 kg of food waste produced, of which 601.73 kg avoidable. Daily generation rate of 0.573 kg per capita
Giordano et al. (2018)	See Table 2	See Table 2	See Table 2
van der Werf et al. (2018)	Household waste composition study data (2012–2015), including a single “food waste” category, were gathered from nine Ontario municipalities, aggregated and analyzed to develop estimates of food waste in the garbage stream	28 single-family households in Ontario, Canada	On average, households disposed 2.40 kg per week of food waste in the garbage
van Dooren et al. (2019)	In order to determinate the food waste household composition, a classification analyses were performed in 13 municipalities, referring at residual waste (13 municipalities) and vegetable, fruits and garden waste (VFG). The residual and VFG waste of each household was manually sorted on a table at a central location	240 samples of 130 households (130 of residual waste and 110 for VFG in Netherlands	Declining trend in food waste per person per year from 37.4 kg in 2010 to 34.6 kg in 2013 and 30.4 kg in 2016