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Tom Quested

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Nov 23, 2023, 5:44:47 AM11/23/23

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Hi Christian, Hi All,

Thanks Christian – I was just about to post to the group to highlight these reports for the UK. You beat me to it! 😊

A couple of pointers for navigating the information released today for the UK:

If you’re interested in an overview of statistics on food waste and food surplus in the UK, the “Key Facts” document is the place to go.
There’s a wealth of information on household food waste, including:

Information on the amounts, types and (proximate) reasons for disposal: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/household-food-and-drink-waste-united-kingdom-2021-22 (1st download at this site)
Trends in food waste in the UK: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/synthesis-household-food-waste-compositional-data-2021
How this was measured: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/household-food-and-drink-waste-united-kingdom-2021-22 (2nd download at this site)

For details on tracking over time for household, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality and food service, including what this means for the UK’s food waste targets (broadly aligned to SDG12.3), this is the report for you: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/courtauld-commitment-milestone-report
And providing a vision for tackling food waste in the UK (alongside drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the sustainability of water use): the Courtauld Milestone report: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/courtauld-commitment-milestone-report

For those super-short on time, there’s a press release here, with the headlines being:

Food waste costs a four-person household around £1,000 per year in food bought, but not eaten. 6.4 million tonnes (Mt) of food and drink thrown away in our homes in 2021 of which 4.7 Mt could have been eaten: 12% of the 40 Mt we buy every year.
Potatoes, cooked leftovers (homemade/pre-prepared meals), and bread top the UK’s wasted food table. UK households throw away 300,000 tonnes of meat and fish a year, costing £3.2 billion.
Industry and retailers cut their operational food waste, reduce carbon footprint of food, and improve water-use - but action by brands and retailers now critical to cut household food waste

Always happy to discuss or answer any questions.

I hope everyone’s endeavours in this area around the world are going well.

All the best,

Tom

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ANTHONY GIKURI NCHAGWA

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Nov 23, 2023, 5:49:53 AM11/23/23

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This is worth noting. Thank you for sharing

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Abulude, Ifeoluwa A.

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Dead Tom, thanks for sharing.

Cheers.

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