WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF MILK TEA SHOPS

Milk Tea shops in current trends revealed that the Philippines and Thailand placed second following a significant difference from Indonesia in Southeast Asia with many milk tea customers. (Lee and Yim, 2019). This shows that a variety of domestic and foreign milk tea brands were gaining popularity. However, since the pandemic, the researchers discovered that Milk Tea Shops' food waste management had not been addressed. Milk Tea delivery services expanded, garnering the attention of researchers in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines, who wanted to investigate if the numerous Milk Tea Shops were following proper food waste management standards in their business operations. In the present circumstance, which is the pandemic, maintaining the health and safety of customer is very important.

据当前奶茶店行业趋势研究显示，在东南亚地区，菲律宾与泰国的奶茶消费者群体规模仅次于印度尼西亚，二者差距显著（Lee与Yim，2019）。这表明各类本土与外来奶茶品牌均在当地获得了广泛的受众与知名度。然而，研究团队发现，自新冠疫情暴发以来，奶茶店的食品废弃物管理问题尚未得到妥善解决。随着奶茶外送服务规模持续扩张，菲律宾布拉干省哈格诺伊（Hagonoy, Bulacan）的研究人员对此予以关注，旨在调研当地众多奶茶店在经营过程中是否遵守了规范的食品废弃物管理标准。在新冠疫情这一特殊背景下，保障消费者的健康与安全尤为关键。