Organic Waste

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Overview

Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, including Garden Waste and Food Waste[1]‌.

Anaerobic Digestion and Composting are the best methods for dealing with organic waste, and is essential to diverting waste from landfill and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers[1].

Macro Tonnage

The most recent information published by DEFRA [2] is base don 2016 data and identifies three categories of wastes that are generally considered to be organic and is part of the broader tonnage reported as UK Waste Tonnage:

Reported by DEFRA as Generated in 2016 Tonnes
Animal & Mixed Food Waste 3,056,065
Vegetable Wastes 6,019,100
Animal Faeces, Urine & Manure 114,422

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:

Vegetable Wastes Animal & Mixed Food Waste
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Data Table Data Table
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) 11,129 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) 31,846
Mining and Quarrying (MQ) 1,241 Mining and Quarrying (MQ) 416
Industrial (Ind) 1,333,996 Industrial (Ind) 1,657,269
Construction (Con) 7,341 Construction (Con) 93
Commercial (Com) 266,771 Commercial (Com) 805,211
Household (HH) 4,398,621 Household (HH) 561,230

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 [3]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:

WRAP Summary Diagram of Food Waste
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 30000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Cheshire West and Chester Green waste Windrow or other composting George Whittaker And Sons ( Knutsford) Ltd Bypass Road, Hapsford, Cheshire Green garden waste only 30,518.36 {{{date}}}

Mixed garden and Food Waste

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 30000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Cheshire East Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Biowise Limited Leighton Grange FARM, Middlewich Road, Leighton, Cheshire East, Mixed garden and food waste 53,228.92 {{{date}}}
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Biowise Ltd Biowise Composting Facility, Albion Lane Site, Albion Lane, Willerby, East Yorkshire Mixed garden and food waste 41,452.23 {{{date}}}
Fife Mixed green and food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Not Available Not Available Mixed garden and food waste 38,664.18 {{{date}}}
Stockport MBC Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport Mixed garden and food waste 35,537.10 {{{date}}}
Shropshire Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Agripost Ltd Lower House, Cardeston, Ford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mixed garden and food waste 32,617.08 {{{date}}}
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Amey Cespa ( East ) Ltd Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire Mixed garden and food waste 30,058.21 {{{date}}}

Other Compostable Waste

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 5000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Fife Mixed green and food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Not Available Not Available Other compostable waste 38,664.18 {{{date}}}
Aberdeenshire Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Not Available Not Available Other compostable waste 10,075.66 {{{date}}}
Stockport MBC Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport Other compostable waste 7,260.60 {{{date}}}

Waste food Only

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Somerset Waste Partnership Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Cannington Enterprises Ltd Mobile Plant Waste food only 23,575.29 {{{date}}}
Cardiff County Council Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Other/Exempt WELSH WATERTremorfa Anaerobic Digestion FacilityTide Fields RoadTremorfaCardiffCF24 5SBPermit numberEPR/AB3093CA Waste food only 17,478.56 {{{date}}}
Bristol City Council Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Wessex Water Services Ltd Bristol Waste Water Treatment, Kings Weston Lane, Avon Waste food only 16,153.76 {{{date}}}
Dorset Council Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd Bourne Park, Piddleshinton, Dorchester, Dorset Waste food only 15,686.27 {{{date}}}
City and County of Swansea Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Other/Exempt STORMY DOWNBRIDGEND Waste food only 14,695.17 {{{date}}}
Buckinghamshire Council Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Olleco Westcottt Biogas Generation Plant, , Westcott Venture Park, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Waste food only 13,730.53 {{{date}}}
Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Other/Exempt Biogen AD Facility, Bryn Pica landfill Site, Merthyr Road, Llwydcoed, Aberdare, CF44 0BX. Waste food only 12,306.52 {{{date}}}
Edinburgh, City of Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Not Available Not Available Waste food only 10,594.83 {{{date}}}
Cheshire West and Chester Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Severn Trent Green Power Limited, Coleshill Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Plant Coleshill Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Coleshill Sewage Treatment Works, Marconi Way, Warwickshire Waste food only 10,578.66 {{{date}}}

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WRAP, 2017. Organics | WRAP UK. Wrap.org.uk. [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].
  2. ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2020
  3. ↑ WRAP Food Surplus and Waste in the UK - Key Facts
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