Food Waste

Halton Environmental Network and Value Chain Management International are conducting a study that aims to understand how household food waste contributes to Oakville’s environmental footprint.  To assist the study, we would greatly appreciate your completing this anonymous survey on avoidable food waste. lt will take less than 4 minutes.


To complete the survey you must be 15+ years of age.




The number of adults in the household most of the time.

The remainder of the survey pertains to avoidable food waste. Avoidable waste occurs when previously edible food is discarded - for example, food that was prepared or served and not eaten, or spoiled due to food safety concerns. The latter includes food that is discarded due to having reached its best before date.

Based on your understanding of avoidable food loss and waste, please indicate (on scale 0-5) the degree to which these statements reflect your behaviour: 0 = not at all, 1 = a little bit, 3 = moderately, 5 = significantly.

Avoidable food waste = plate waste (food served but not eaten) or spoiled food.

Scale of 0-5: where 0 = not at all, 3 = somewhat, 5 = considerably

Please consider ONLY avoidable food waste; that is, waste which occurs from plate waste (not eaten and thrown away) or spoilage.   Preparation waste (e.g. peels/bones) is considered unavoidable and is not the focus here.




Thank you for completing this survey.



