Household Waste and Recycling
Waste management and redistribution, recycling and redesign
Every household in the UK wastes between £250 and £400 of food per year; Avoidable waste of cereal-based food in the UK and USA could lift 224 million people out of hunger. Around 7 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill in the UK every year. Producing and distributing edible food that goes to waste accounts for around 5% of all UK GHG emissions. An estimated £858 million could be saved a year by no- or low-cost efficiencies in waste reduction in UK food and drink manufacturing.
No wonder there is such industry interest in new solutions such as anaerobic digestion!
