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[[WRAP]] estimates the ~~'''~~annual Food Waste arisings~~'''~~ within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around '''9,500,000 tonnes''', 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020]</ref>

[[WRAP]] estimates the annual [[Food Waste]] arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around '''9,500,000 tonnes''', 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020]</ref>

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

[[File:Food Waste Picture.png|300px|left|Source : Mental Floss - Picture of General Household Food Waste]]__TOC__

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==Summary==

[[WRAP]] estimates the annual Food Waste arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around 9,500,000 tonnes (down from 11,200,000 tonnes in 2007), 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1"/>. Food Waste is part of wider reported figures on [[Organic Waste]] (on a dedicated Wikiwaste page) by [[DEFRA]], although these figures pre-date the [[WRAP]] figures.

[[WRAP]] estimates the annual [[Food Waste]] arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around 9,500,000 tonnes (down from 11,200,000 tonnes in 2007), 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1"/>. Food Waste is part of wider reported figures on [[Organic Waste]] (on a dedicated Wikiwaste page) by [[DEFRA]], although these figures pre-date the [[WRAP]] figures.

In the graphic below (reproduced table 1 from the most recent [[WRAP]] briefing note<ref name= "ref1"/>) the total waste is split at around 6,400,000 tonnes of edible Food Waste and 3,100,000 of inedible Food Waste (the inedible fraction shown red in the graphic and should not be added to the numbers in black or blue).

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-[[WRAP]] estimates the '''annual Food Waste arisings''' within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around '''9,500,000 tonnes''', 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020]</ref>
+[[WRAP]] estimates the annual [[Food Waste]] arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around '''9,500,000 tonnes''', 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020]</ref>
 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
 [[File:Food Waste Picture.png|300px|left|Source : Mental Floss - Picture of General Household Food Waste]]__TOC__
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 ==Summary==
-[[WRAP]] estimates the annual Food Waste arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around 9,500,000 tonnes (down from 11,200,000 tonnes in 2007), 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1"/>. Food Waste is part of wider reported figures on [[Organic Waste]] (on a dedicated Wikiwaste page) by [[DEFRA]], although these figures pre-date the [[WRAP]] figures.
+[[WRAP]] estimates the annual [[Food Waste]] arisings within households, hospitality & food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors in 2018 at around 9,500,000 tonnes (down from 11,200,000 tonnes in 2007), 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1"/>. Food Waste is part of wider reported figures on [[Organic Waste]] (on a dedicated Wikiwaste page) by [[DEFRA]], although these figures pre-date the [[WRAP]] figures.
 In the graphic below (reproduced table 1 from the most recent [[WRAP]] briefing note<ref name= "ref1"/>) the total waste is split at around 6,400,000 tonnes of edible Food Waste and 3,100,000 of inedible Food Waste (the inedible fraction shown red in the graphic and should not be added to the numbers in black or blue).