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Food waste collection can be via a number of different measures, which affects the [[treatment]] option once collected. For household food waste the [[Collection System Design]] that [[WRAP]] recommends is shown in the arrangements section of WikiWaste as [[Food Separate]], either as [[Food Fortnightly]] or more ideally [[Food Weekly]]. This then allows for multiple options for subsequent [[treatment]]. However, some systems have been designed for a mixed collection of food waste with [[Green waste]] ([[Food Comingled]]) which have more limited options for subsequent [[treatment]].

Tonnage of food waste 'on farm' or classified as [[Agricultural Waste]] is estimated at between 900,000 tonnes and 3,500,000 tonnes.

Tonnage of food waste 'on farm' or classified as [[Agricultural Waste]] in the table above is estimated at between 900,000 tonnes and 3,500,000 tonnes.

==Destinations of Food Waste==

The [[WRAP]] report does not analyse the proportion of [[Animal By-product Material]], but the nature of the material and its category will determine, to a large extent, the type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route and the operations needed within that type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route to meet the regulations.

The [[WRAP]] report does not analyse the proportion of [[Animal By-product Material]], but the nature of the material and its category will determine, to a large extent, the type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route and the operations needed within that type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route to meet the regulations. The table above shows that around 1,900,000 tonnes of Food Waste was treated via [[recycling]], with the remainder staying in mixed waste streams that are treated via [[recovery]] or [[landfill]]. This is primarily a function of the ease of collecting Food Waste from producers and the associated cost, which means that a large proportion (around 80% in the above table) is still not separately collected for [[recycling]]. The primary route for [[recycling]] of Food Waste that has been separately collected is [[Anaerobic Digestion]], with options for mixed Food Waste and [[Green Waste]] that has been mixed being [[In Vessel Composting]].

==References==

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 Food waste collection can be via a number of different measures, which affects the [[treatment]] option once collected. For household food waste the [[Collection System Design]] that [[WRAP]] recommends is shown in the arrangements section of WikiWaste as [[Food Separate]], either as [[Food Fortnightly]] or more ideally [[Food Weekly]]. This then allows for multiple options for subsequent [[treatment]]. However, some systems have been designed for a mixed collection of food waste with [[Green waste]] ([[Food Comingled]]) which have more limited options for subsequent [[treatment]].
-Tonnage of food waste 'on farm' or classified as [[Agricultural Waste]] is estimated at between 900,000 tonnes and 3,500,000 tonnes.
+Tonnage of food waste 'on farm' or classified as [[Agricultural Waste]] in the table above is estimated at between 900,000 tonnes and 3,500,000 tonnes.
 ==Destinations of Food Waste==
-The [[WRAP]] report does not analyse the proportion of [[Animal By-product Material]], but the nature of the material and its category will determine, to a large extent, the type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route and the operations needed within that type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route to meet the regulations.
+The [[WRAP]] report does not analyse the proportion of [[Animal By-product Material]], but the nature of the material and its category will determine, to a large extent, the type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route and the operations needed within that type of [[disposal]]/[[treatment]] route to meet the regulations. The table above shows that around 1,900,000 tonnes of Food Waste was treated via [[recycling]], with the remainder staying in mixed waste streams that are treated via [[recovery]] or [[landfill]]. This is primarily a function of the ease of collecting Food Waste from producers and the associated cost, which means that a large proportion (around 80% in the above table) is still not separately collected for [[recycling]]. The primary route for [[recycling]] of Food Waste that has been separately collected is [[Anaerobic Digestion]], with options for mixed Food Waste and [[Green Waste]] that has been mixed being [[In Vessel Composting]].
 ==References==