Food waste management in Korea has become increasingly important as the country continues to champion the transition into a circular economy among the OECD countries to achieve sustainable development target goals. However, reliable primary data on food waste quantity and composition to achieve its prevention and managementtargets by understanding food waste patterns among Korean households is poorly documented. This study investigates the quantity and composition of food waste generation rates among the sampled households by considering two important influencing factors of seasonality and housing types in the Buk-gu province of Daegu, South Korea. The food waste generation rates from three different housing types during four representative seasons were assessed, considering the availability of different food types at different seasons. The identified 46 food waste items from sampled data were statistically analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis statistical test. The results showed that food waste generation rates were 0.88 ± 0.37 kg/household/day (0.26 ± 0.11 kg/capita/day), which varied seasonally. Significant seasonal variations (P < 0.002) in food waste generated from the selected housing types were shown by K–W mean rank analysis. The food waste generation rate followed the seasonal order of summer > autumn > winter > spring. The effect of housing type was also a pivotal factor affecting the food waste generation. This study adds to the ground-level insights of food waste generation trends in different seasons and housing types of Korea.

随着韩国继续倡导经合组织国家向循环经济过渡以实现可持续发展目标，韩国的食物垃圾管理变得越来越重要。但是，关于食物垃圾的数量和成分的可靠的原始数据，以通过了解韩国家庭的食物垃圾的模式来实现其预防和管理目标，文献很少。本研究通过考虑韩国大邱北区的季节性和住房类型的两个重要影响因素，调查了抽样家庭中食物垃圾产生率的数量和构成。考虑到在不同季节可获得的不同食物类型，评估了在四个代表季节中来自三种不同住房类型的食物垃圾产生率。使用Kruskal-Wallis统计检验对从采样数据中识别出的46个食物垃圾项目进行统计分析。结果表明，食物垃圾的产生量为0.88±0.37公斤/家庭/天（0.26±0.11公斤/人/天），随季节而变化。重大季节性变化（ 通过K–W平均等级分析显示了选定房屋类型产生的食物垃圾中的P <0.002）。餐厨垃圾产生率遵循夏季>秋季>冬季>春季的季节顺序。住房类型的影响也是影响食物垃圾产生的关键因素。这项研究为韩国不同季节和房屋类型的食物垃圾产生趋势提供了基础的见解。