Food and drink waste through the food chain in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015

Published by Ian Tiseo, Oct 11, 2023
This statistic shows the amount of food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, through the food chain. It shows that 7.3 million tons of food and drink waste was produced in households, while 0.25 million tons were produced in retail.

Waste from food and drink in the food chain in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 (in million metric tons)

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Release date

May 2018

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

According to the source, 15 million tons of food and drink was wasted in the food chain from 2011 to 2012.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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