The Courtauld 2025 baseline and restated household food waste figures
22nd May 2018
WRAP has restated the way UK household food waste is defined and described, to conform to the Food Loss and Waste Standard (FLWS). This coincides with the publication of the Courtauld Commitment 2025 baseline for the year 2015.
Key points
Total estimate for UK post-farm gate food waste (2015) remains 10.2 Million tonnes.
The baseline covers household food waste and data for the supply chain: retail, manufacture and the hospitality & food service sector.
Total household food waste is now reported as 7.1 million tonnes.