Organic Waste: Difference between revisions

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[[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.

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:

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 [[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.
+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: