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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> | |||
[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] | [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] | ||
==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, 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')<ref name= "ref1"/>. In the graphic below (reproduced table 1 from the most recent WRAP briefing note<ref name= "ref1"/>) this is split as around 6,400,000 tonnes of edible food waste and 3,100,000 of inedible food waste. | |||
[[File:WRAP Food Waste Graphic.png|800px|left|Source: WRAP Graphic - Key Facts Report Updated May 2019]] | [[File:WRAP Food Waste Graphic.png|800px|left|Source: WRAP Graphic - Key Facts Report Updated May 2019]] | ||
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==Sources of Food Waste== | |||
==Destinations of Food Waste== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 6 May 2020
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')[1]
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, 70% of which was intended to be consumed by people (30% being the 'inedible parts')[1]. In the graphic below (reproduced table 1 from the most recent WRAP briefing note[1]) this is split as around 6,400,000 tonnes of edible food waste and 3,100,000 of inedible food waste.
