An Innovative, Accessible, and Flexible Approach for Household Food Waste Measurement

Pennington Biomedical Research Center1 site in 1 country232 target enrollmentJuly 25, 2023

ConditionsWaste Management Recycling Climate Nutrition Sciences

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Waste Management
Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Enrollment: 232
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Total Household Food Waste
Status: Completed
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The proposed research will create accurate and standardized household FW measurement methodologies that foster serial and longitudinal assessments as well as confident and convenient one-time measurement by stakeholders. The investigators will have participants simutaneously deploy (1) retrospective surveys (2) curbside audits.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 25, 2023

End Date

November 19, 2024

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

John Apolzan

Associate Professor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Male or Female, age 18 years and older
•Willing and able to store household food waste for curbside pickup by a third-party waste pickup company
•Internet or Wi-Fi availability to complete online surveys

Exclusion Criteria

•Not willing to adhere to study procedures and study visit timelines
•Any condition or circumstance that in the judgement of the PI could interfere with study participation