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 quick service restaurants in Scotland between 2006 and 2016. In 2011 costs amounted to 9.8 million British pounds and are forecasted to remain the same in 2016.

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 restaurants in Scotland between 2006 and 2016. Costs amounted to 29.4 million British pounds in 2006 and dropped in the following years. Food waste cost in Scottish restaurants is expected to stand at 25.1 million British pounds by 2016.

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 total cost of food waste in restaurants in Wales between 2006 and 2016. Costs amounted to 8.8 million British pounds in 2009 and were expected to grow to 9.9 million British pounds in 2016.

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

This statistic shows estimates of wasted food from major supermarkets in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. In this year Tesco was found to generate the highest volume of food waste at 59.4 thousand tonnes. This was followed by Sainsbury's with a waste generation of approximately 35.8 thousand tonnes and Asda with 32 thousand tonnes of food waste generated. It should be noted that supermarkets differ in their redistribution, food donation and waste policies.

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 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.

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.

Between 2015 and 2019, there had been a significant reduction in the volume of food waste produced by the Co-operative Group in the United Kingdom (UK). In 2022, the volume of food waste had increased to over ****** metric tons but dropped again in the following year before reaching a new low of about ****** metric tons as of 2024. The Co-operative Group is commonly known as the Co-op throughout the United Kingdom and consists of a diverse range of retail services, from food retail to insurance services and funeralcare. It is also a well-established ethical retailer and the first to champion Fairtrade products, as well as having high animal welfare standards and a home-grown, locally-sourced product range.

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

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.

This statistic shows the total cost of food waste in quick service restaurants in Northern Ireland between 2006 and 2016. During this period costs were highest in 2006 at 4.5 million British pounds and are forecasted to amount to 3.3 million British pounds in 2016.