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In 2022, domestic food waste in the UK was at 6.4 million tonnes. [1] By 2024, bread (900,000 tonnes) and potatoes (700,000 tonnes) were still the biggest source of household food waste in the UK; these were followed by milk, left-overs, drinks, pork, poultry, carrots and chips (fries). [62] Lettuce and fruit were also seen high on the list. [63]
The United Nations estimate that 10 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK each year, while many others struggle with food insecurity. Food waste is a massive issue that affects everybody and ...
Food consumption is the amount of food available for human consumption as estimated by Our World in Data. However, the actual food consumption may be lower than the quantity shown as food availability depends on the magnitude of wastage and losses of food in the household, for example during storage, in preparation and cooking, as plate-waste ...
To tackle waste issues, encompassing food waste, the government-funded "Waste & Resources Action Programme" (WRAP) was created in 2000. The main and most common method of disposal in the United Kingdom is landfill. [4] Other methods are also used such as Incineration and anaerobic digestion. Out of all of the waste that was from household ...
The 2024 UNEP Food Waste Index Report, "Think Eat Save: Tracking Progress to Halve Global Food Waste," addresses the severe issue of food waste that accounts for US$1 trillion in losses, 8–10% of global greenhouse emissions, and the unnecessary use of 30% of the world's agricultural land, exacerbating hunger and affecting child growth.
Statistics are at the core of the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its mandate and strategic goals. Article I of its Constitution states that “The Organization shall collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture.
Per capita waste generation in OECD countries has increased by 14% since 1990, and 35% since 1980. [3] Waste generation generally grows at a rate slightly lower than GDP in these countries. Developed countries consume more than 60% of the world industrial raw materials and only comprise 22% of the world's population. [4]
Compendium of UK Statistics - Environment This page lists the issues that the United Kingdom currently has that are related to the environment, such as pollution and contamination . In 2015, it was reported that for the past decade, the state of the environment in London had significantly deteriorated both in urban and rural areas.