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Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes <strong>to</strong> Wastes and Energy<br />
AEA/ED45551/Issue 1<br />
Table 39 Food waste from households <strong>by</strong> region (2007/08) using <strong>the</strong> appropriate composition level.<br />
Region Quantity of<br />
Household waste<br />
(‘000 <strong>to</strong>nnes)<br />
Quantity of Food<br />
Waste<br />
(‘000 <strong>to</strong>nnes)<br />
East Midlands 2,185 382<br />
East of England 2,841 497<br />
London 3,342 585<br />
North East 1,268 222<br />
North West 3,599 630<br />
South East 4,242 742<br />
South West 2,644 463<br />
West Midlands 2,662 466<br />
Yorkshire/Humber 2,504 438<br />
England - Total 25,287 4,425<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ireland 928 176<br />
Scotland 2,995 539<br />
Wales 1,542 277<br />
UK – Total 30,752 5,417<br />
5.2.2 Industrial and Commercial Food Waste<br />
The Waste Strategy 2007 defines commercial and industrial waste as follows: 124<br />
• commercial waste: waste arising from wholesalers, catering establishments, shops and offices<br />
(in both <strong>the</strong> public and private sec<strong>to</strong>rs)<br />
• industrial waste: waste arising from fac<strong>to</strong>ries and industrial plants.<br />
The data for food waste arisings from commercial and industrial waste sources is limited and it has not<br />
been possible <strong>to</strong> provide a breakdown of food waste arisings from commercial and industrial sources<br />
across <strong>the</strong> different regions of each country. The analysis below focuses on <strong>the</strong> food waste element in<br />
<strong>the</strong> mixed waste streams, <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r with kitchen and canteen waste, where it has been identified<br />
separately.<br />
England & Wales<br />
In 2002/03 <strong>the</strong> Environment Agency under<strong>to</strong>ok a survey of Commercial and Industrial business across<br />
England and Wales, which ga<strong>the</strong>red data on <strong>the</strong> types and quantities of waste, of which food waste was<br />
one, and <strong>the</strong> disposal or recovery methods. 125 Although this data is now relatively old, <strong>the</strong> survey has not<br />
been repeated for England, and a new survey is currently underway in Wales, but not yet published.<br />
Scotland<br />
In November 2008 a <strong>report</strong> <strong>by</strong> Napier University in<strong>to</strong> Scotland’s Commercial and Industrial waste was<br />
published, which estimated that <strong>the</strong>re are 2.73 million <strong>to</strong>nnes of mixed waste (similar <strong>to</strong> household waste)<br />
from commercial and industrial sources of which 16.7% was food waste. 126<br />
Whilst o<strong>the</strong>r data and information is available regarding Commercial and Industrial waste in Scotland, <strong>the</strong><br />
focus of <strong>the</strong>se is often across business sec<strong>to</strong>rs, for example in <strong>the</strong> Waste Data Digest. This means that<br />
<strong>the</strong> necessary level of detail <strong>to</strong> provide a realistic estimate of overall food waste arisings is not possible. In<br />
124 Waste Strategy for England, Defra, http://www.defra.gov.uk/ENVIRONMENT/waste/strategy/<br />
125 Environment Agency, National Waste Production Survey 2002<br />
126 McLaurin. L, Dar<strong>by</strong>. P, and Raeside, R. (2008) Estimation of commercial and industrial waste produced in Scotland in 2006. Final <strong>report</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Centre for Statistics, Napier University.<br />
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