When the UK's first food waste AD, Greenfinch, began trials in 2006, it was met with wonder by a waste management industry just starting to contemplate the prospect
of household food waste collections.
The company will be working with Midlothian Council and the City of Edinburgh Council,
collecting household food waste from both authorities as well as waste from businesses and industry to produce PAS - 110 certified biofertiliser and renewable energy to power around 3,300 homes.
Between 2007 and 2012, the United Kingdom curbed
household food waste by an astounding 21 percent, following a nationwide initiative led by the government, retailers, and the non-profit organization WRAP.
In total, for every # 1 ($ 1.22) the boroughs invested to
cut household food waste, consumers saved # 84 ($ 102) and the boroughs # 8 ($ 10) from avoided food waste disposal costs.
This confusion causes an estimated 20 percent of
household food waste in OECD countries and costs U.S. consumers an estimated $ 29 billion annually.
In fact, a recent study found that 88 million tonnes of food was wasted in the EU - 28 alone in 2012,
with household food waste accounting for more than half that number.
While plastic has dominated the public agenda for some time, the food waste crisis continues to percolate, with the latest report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) showing that
household food waste actually increased by 4.4 per cent from 2012 to 2015.
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Avoid overdoing it when you food shop and
compost household food waste and speak to your local council about what can be recycled — it may be more than you think.
$ 563,000 USD granted to convene best practices from key municipalities that have initiatives focused on
reducing household food waste and conduct a deeper level evaluation of interventions in two regions.
The recycling advisory body, Wrap, reported that 4.4 million tonnes
of household food waste were thrown away in 2015 that could've been eaten.
Here, McGuire, a plant pathologist, explains how her desires to reduce
household food waste and influence consumer behavior lead her to the natural products industry.
Up to 47 million tonnes of that is
household food waste.
Their analysis of the waste composition indicated that only 35 % of
the household food waste was avoidable.
In 2012, six West London boroughs began an initiative to reduce
household food waste.
How can
household food waste be reduced?
You can reduce
your household food waste — and it will make a difference.