Knowledge, attitude and practice on food waste management among food vendors in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor

• Main Authors: M. N., Naim, Abdul Rahman, Haliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90209/1/16upm.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90209/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020112512375716_2020_0916.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Introduction: Malaysian produced about 38,000 tons of waste per day in 2017, and 15,000 tons of it was food waste. Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of food waste management among food vendors in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang. Methods: Universal sampling has been conducted to the respondents who are all food vendors under UPM Holdings provision. In this study, a modified questionnaire has distributed online to 37 food vendors. Fisher’s Exact test was applied to determine the association among variables. Results: All respondents in UPM had a moderate level of knowledge, attitude, and practice on food waste management. The results highlighted that attendance in food waste management training has a significant association with food waste management (p <0.05, p=0.034). Conclusion: This study’s information has indicated that a food waste management training program is needed, in which UPM could cooperate with organisations to improve food waste management.