This statistic presents costs of avoidable food waste by cost element in quick service restaurants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013. Food purchase accounted for more than half of the cost of food waste in UK QSRs, at 58.6 percent. Labour shared 34.1 percent of the cost.

This statistic shows the cost per household of avoidable food and drink waste in the United Kingdom in 2012, by household size. In 2012, 3 person households wasted on average 640 British pounds of food and drink.

This statistic shows the total cost of food waste in quick service restaurants in Wales between 2006 to 2016. In 2011 costs amounted to 4.1 million British pounds, and are forecasted to stay the same in 2016.

This statistic shows the total cost of food waste in pubs in England (UK) between 2006 and 2016. Food waste costs dropped during this period, from 409 million British pounds in 2006 to 321 million British pounds in 2011. 330.8 million British pounds in costs are expected in 2016.

This statistic shows the total cost of food waste in restaurants in England between 2006 and 2016. In 2006 food waste costs in English restaurants stood at 671.7 million British pounds. As forecast for 2016, these costs are expected to increase up to 724.3 million British pounds.

This publication covers annual estimates for waste collected by local authorities in England and the regions. These statistics are based on data submitted by all local authorities in England to WasteDataFlow on the waste they collect and manage.

The methodology and recycling explainer documents give background and context to this statistical notice, accompanying datasets and the waste and recycling measures they present.

There is also a further historical note on the definition of local authority collected waste relating to earlier releases.

The entire raw dataset is available in CSV format and can be found here: https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/0e0c12d8-24f6-461f-b4bc-f6d6a5bf2de5/wastedataflow-local-authority-waste-management" class="govuk-link">WasteDataFlow - Local Authority waste management - data.gov.uk

Historic releases

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250102235615/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2022-2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230802024231/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results-202122" class="govuk-link">2021- 2022

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220503105415/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2020 - 2021

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210728220801/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2019-2020

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200604042448/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2018 - 2019

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190903035029/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2017 - 2018

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20181207030346/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2016 - 2017

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170418015547/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2015 - 2016 This includes the ad hoc release entitled “Provisional 2016/17 local authority data on waste collection and treatment for England (April to June and July to September 2016)”.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160512131028/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2014 - 2015

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150401112814/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2013 - 2014

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140321171631/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" class="govuk-link">2012 - 2013

Historic datasets

Historic datasets

In 2018, the waste of food was almost *** billion British pounds less than it was in 2015. This is largely due to a decrease in the food waste of households. The value of wasted food among households in the UK was approximately **** billion pounds in 2015. This figure was reduced to roughly **** billion pounds in 2018. The total value of wasted food in the supply chain was **** billion pounds in 2015, consisting of retail, manufacturing, and hospitality and food service, with the latter having the highest value of wasted food.

This dataset provides the input files and results for the Tomato Household Simulation Model, which explores the impact of two interventions on the amount of packaging and tomato waste generated in UK households. The interventions studied include packaging format available on the market shelves and storage temperature (4 °C vs 7 °C). The dataset is organised into two folders, each representing an intervention, with subfolders containing input files for different scenarios. The provided data can be used to analyse the effectiveness of various strategies in reducing packaging and food waste and to inform policy-making and consumer behavior change efforts.

Map and evaluate the effectiveness of food loss and waste reduction interventions in low- and middle-income countries, determine the reduction pathways related to waste prevention, re-use or recycling, and identify social, economic, environmental and nutritional co-benefits as they relate to the intervention. This will be done by: (i) systematically reviewing scientific and grey literature sources and (ii) conducting meta-analyses by food group where appropriate.

Review of options for disposal of food contaminated with biological threat list agents

These datasets contain the annual results for local authority collected waste in London and England. Local authority collected waste statistics from the quarterly reporting to WasteDataFlow. Data in this table shows Local Authority, London and England data. Information on the median cost of different types of waste management is also included. http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/publications/the-mayors-waste-management-strategies https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-for-england-quarterly-estimates http://www.wastedataflow.org/reports/default.aspx

Imports - Residues & Waste From The Food Inds. Prepared in the United Kingdom decreased to 238.65 GBP Million in December from 320.19 GBP Million in November of 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports of Residues & Waste from The Food Inds. P.

In May 2018, the average self-reported level of food waste for bread, chicken, milk, and potatoes in the United Kingdom (U.K.) amounted to approximately **** percent. By June 2021, it had increased up to **** percent. The reported waste occurred the last time these products were purchased. The decline in food waste during the pandemic (April 2020) has returned to pre-pandemic levels in June 2021 when food waste saw the same levels as in November of 2018.

This dataset was produced as part of the project: Reducing plastic packaging and food waste through product innovation simulation, funded by the NERC (Ref: NE/V010654/1). The wider project was concerned with building a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model that can simulate food and food packaging as it moves through a household, from purchase to disposal. The dataset is qualitative in nature. The motivation for the research was to inform current and future modelling efforts, to enhance project impact. 9 semi-structured, key informant interviews were conducted with a number of packaging industry experts, recruited through Packaging Industry trade shows, LinkedIn contacts, personal networking, and through participation in the project advisory board membership. These interviews were conducted remotely and informed consent was gained for each interview. The data collection contains 8 of these interviews, as one participant withdrew from the research at the anonymisation stage. Interview transcripts are stored as .docx files. Consent forms and information sheets can be viewed as part of the data documentation.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This project examined supermarket pricing behaviour in respect of special offers designed to appeal to consumers to encourage them to make additional purchases, which in turn might lead to consumers overeating (and thus exacerbating obesity problems in the United Kingdom population) or wasting uneaten food products (and thus exacerbating household food waste problems in the UK). The data produced result from the analysis of summarised data on different types of pricing offers made by four UK supermarket retailers, covering weekly collected price data from their websites for a one year period running from August 2010 to August 2011, in total covering 1,287,714 pricing observations. The price data covered special offers and the summary aggregate data was based on the research team's own calculations of special offers offered by the supermarkets across a broad group of products. Further information may be found on the ESRC's The Impact of Retail Pricing on Overeating and Food Waste award webpage. Main Topics: The data comprise a single quantitative file, that includes price data collected on special offers from four UK supermarket retailers' websites. Quota sample Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Analysis of tonnages of household waste presented in recycling, food waste, garden waste and residual waste bins. Based on sample survey bin contents from a number of houses carried out in November 2014 and April 2015. Includes a comparison between the current separation of waste materials, and the optimal potential separation of waste materials for recycling.