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Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes <strong>to</strong> Wastes and Energy<br />
AEA/ED45551/Issue 1<br />
Future Arisings<br />
Predictions of future food waste arisings are difficult <strong>to</strong> make due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> significant amount of pressure<br />
and campaigns in operation at <strong>the</strong> moment, such as some councils collecting segregated food waste, and<br />
<strong>the</strong> WRAP ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’ campaign. However such campaigns generally take 5 years <strong>to</strong> have<br />
an impact, so <strong>the</strong> likelihood is that any decrease in arisings will be small over <strong>the</strong> next few years.<br />
5.2.1 Household Food Waste<br />
Household waste is a sub-section of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). This waste is almost exclusively<br />
household food waste, but may contain a minor amount of commercial and industrial waste included<br />
where refuse collections include mixed domestic and commercial properties.<br />
Typical composition figures for MSW have been used <strong>to</strong> provide an estimate of food waste arisings. The<br />
<strong>report</strong> ‘Dealing with Food Wastes in <strong>the</strong> UK’ published in March 2007 quantified <strong>the</strong> amount of food waste<br />
from households, and have been used here <strong>to</strong> calculate regional food waste arisings. 120<br />
England<br />
• Data from Defra’s 2007/08 MSW figures (WRAP <strong>report</strong> used 2004/05 data).<br />
• Food waste composition level: 17.5%<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ireland<br />
• Data from 2007/2008. 121<br />
• Food waste composition level: 19%.<br />
Scotland<br />
• Most recent data from SEPA’s 2006/2007. 122<br />
• Food waste composition level: 18%.<br />
Wales<br />
• Data from 2007/2008. 123<br />
• Food waste composition level: 18%.<br />
It is worth noting that <strong>the</strong> levels of food waste predicted above is in line with <strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>the</strong> Welsh<br />
Assembly Government (WAG) is releasing, but <strong>the</strong> local authorities in Wales are finding <strong>the</strong>se quantities<br />
are over-estimated, as cautioned against in <strong>the</strong> background section above. Estimations of food waste are<br />
shown in Table 39 below.<br />
121 Municipal waste Management Report – Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ireland 2007/08, http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/waste/municipal_data_<strong>report</strong>ing.htm<br />
122 Waste Data Digest 8 Data Tables (2006/07) http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data/waste_data_digest.aspx<br />
123 Municipal Waste Management Report 2007/08, http://new.wales.gov.uk/statsdocs/env/sdr177-2008.pdf
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