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Published September 10, 2025 | Version v1
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Database Diary Study on Food Waste in Swiss Households

  • 1. ROR icon Agroscope
  • 2. EDMO icon ETH Zürich
  • 3. ROR icon Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • 4. ROR icon ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  • 5. Friedrich-Alexander-University

Description

Database with food waste data (per capita and per week), personal and household characteristics of Swiss households from the German, French and Italian linguistic regions. The Swiss sample consists of total n = 515 households. The food waste was measured with a web application during seven days. Personal and household characteristics were gathered with an initial and a final survey. 

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Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation
Food Waste Reduction Measures for Households - Interdependencies, acceptance and effectiveness of measures by political and value chain actors to reduce food waste in Swiss households 10002576
European Commission
WASTELESS - WASTE QUANTIFICATION SOLUTIONS TO LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS 101084222
Ernst Göhner Stiftung

Dates

Collected
2024-11-01/2024-12-31
Data collection on food waste, personal and household characteristics