This document contains an overview of statistics on food surplus and waste in the UK.
Key content
- Section 1 contains an overview of food waste and food surplus in the UK for all sectors for 2021.
- Section 2 contains an update on the UK trends in food waste as of 2021 against the Courtauld Commitment 2030 and SDG 12.3 targets.
- Section 3 provides useful facts on food surplus redistribution for year 2022.
- Section 4 provides useful facts relating to household food waste.
- Section 5 presents more detail on estimates of food waste and surplus on farms.
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