Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of food waste generated by Defra offices for each of the last five years.
Food waste generated by Core Defra offices with on-site catering facilities for each of the last four years is shown in the table below:
Year | Food Waste (Kg)[1] |
2016 | 23,452 |
2015 | 33,214 |
2014 | 20,740 |
2013 | 25,510 |
TOTAL | 102,916 |
All food waste generated by Core Defra offices with on-site catering facilities is sent for anaerobic digestion thus generating energy from waste.
Defra’s catering provider operates a number of initiatives to minimise food waste:
a rolling weekly target that no more than 4% of food purchased ends up as food waste
an online planning and reporting system which monitors consumption and waste to inform menu planning and ordering to reduce food waste from production.
[1] Data includes all compostable materials so can include items such as egg shells and banana skins.