Table A10.
Fresh weight and dry matter content of EU food wastes in 2015. The EU food waste figures (EC, 2010) assume that food waste was produced in the same proportions in 2015 as in 2006 (ie. households and retail wastes, for example, made up 42% and 5% of food wastes in 2015, as in 2006). The 39.2% figures (second row) represent the proportion of food wastes potentially recyclable as animal feed.
| Manufacturing food waste | Retail food waste | Catering food waste | Household food waste | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU food waste (tonnes) | 38,786,404 | 5,122,616 | 14,343,324 | 43,029,974 |
| 39.2% of food waste recycled as feed (tonnes)a | 15,204,271 | 2,008,065 | 5,622,583 | 16,867,750 |
| Dry matter content (%) of food waste (95% CI) | 29.8 (24.7–36.8) | 23.3 (18.0–30.4) | 21.5 (20.1–23.0) | 26.0 (24.3–27.6) |
| Food waste recyclable as feed (DM tonnes) | 4,530,873 | 467,879 | 1,208,855 | 4,385,615 |
a
The figure for the percentage of manufacturing food wastes available for recycling excludes the 3 million tonnes of former foodstuffs which are already used for animal feed in the EU.