Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food

(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source

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.


This question was answered on 26th October 2017

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:

  • implementing a food waste minimisation plan and reporting performance against the plan on a quarterly basis
  • 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.

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