Agriculture & Food Security

Table 3 Total environmental impacts of the food waste of 300 students in baseline and after the intervention

From: Food waste reduction and its environmental consequences: a quasi-experimental study in a campus canteen

				Percentage of change	P-value^a
CO₂ (g)
Before	615674.9	After	621519	−0.06	0.997
Before/person	157.63 ± 87.76	After/person	157.74 ± 80.57	−0.06	0.997
Total water (m³)
Before	481.09	After	433.07	16.66	0.456
Before/person	122.19 ± 0.04	After/person	107.38 ± 0.04	16.66	0.456
Blue water (m³)
Before	98.04	After	103.36	0	0.862
Before/person	0.02 ± 0.0	After/person	0.02 ± 0.01	0	0.862
Grey water (m³)
Before	43.75	After	25.69	12.5	0.033
Before/person	0.01 ± 0.0	After/person	0.006 ± 0.0	12.5	0.033
Green water (m³)
Before	339.29	After	304.01	40.00	0.584
Before/person	0.08 ± 0.04	After/person	0.07 ± 0.04	40.00	0.584

^aIndependent samples test was done for parametric data and Mann–Whitney Test was done for nonparametric data

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