United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 56474
Food: Waste
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15 October 2021
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25 October 2021 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) quantity of food produced in the UK that was wasted in each of the last five years and (b) environmental and economic cost of that waste.
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15 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) quantity of food produced in the UK that was wasted in each of the last five years and (b) environmental and economic cost of that waste.
Source: Commons
25 October 2021
Answer
Defra funds the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to produce periodic estimates of UK food waste levels post-farm-gate. Whilst the next report is not due until 2022, previous reports show significant reductions:2007 - 11.2 million tonnes2015 - 1...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-15/56474
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1359424
- uk · wq-1359424 · source updated 25 October 2021