Organic Waste: Difference between revisions

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The final category is not relevant to household waste and local authority waste generally, but the other two categories have more significant tonnage that is split across primarily household, commercial and industrial tonnages as shown the in pie charts below:

[[File:Organics Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Organic Waste - Tonnage Reported by DEFRA as arising in 2016 (from two specific groups)]]

The macro numbers above under report the total organic waste put into the market as the macro numbers exclude tonnage in mixed categories and under report food waste at farm which may be ploughed back into fields without recording it as waste.

[[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref>[http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food%20Surplus%20and%20Waste%20in%20the%20UK%20Key%20Facts%20(22%207%2019)_0.pdf WRAP Food Surplus and Waste in the UK - Key Facts] </ref>identify over 10,000,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 7,100,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarizing their findings:

[[File:WRAP key facts on food waste diagram.png|frame|center|WRAP Summary Diagram of Food Waste]]

The headers below presently only capture the tonnage collected and reported by local authorities through [[WasteDataFlow]].

== Green garden Waste Only ==

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

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 The final category is not relevant to household waste and local authority waste generally, but the other two categories have more significant tonnage that is split across primarily household, commercial and industrial tonnages as shown the in pie charts below:
 [[File:Organics Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Organic Waste - Tonnage Reported by DEFRA as arising in 2016 (from two specific groups)]]
+The macro numbers above under report the total organic waste put into the market as the macro numbers exclude tonnage in mixed categories and under report food waste at farm which may be ploughed back into fields without recording it as waste.
+[[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref>[http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food%20Surplus%20and%20Waste%20in%20the%20UK%20Key%20Facts%20(22%207%2019)_0.pdf WRAP Food Surplus and Waste in the UK  - Key Facts] </ref>identify over 10,000,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 7,100,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarizing their findings:
+[[File:WRAP key facts on food waste diagram.png|frame|center|WRAP Summary Diagram of Food Waste]]
+The headers below presently only capture the tonnage collected and reported by local authorities through [[WasteDataFlow]].
 == Green garden Waste Only ==
 Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.