Table 4.
Average weight of food waste sent to landfill by 100 sample households (grams/household/week).
| Food Categories | Avoidable food waste |
Unavoidable food waste |
Total food waste |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | % | Mean | SD | % | Mean | SD | % | |
| Bread | 267.2 | 387.3 | 18.4 | – | – | – | 267.2 | 387.3 | 9.2 |
| Dairy | 63.2 | 157.6 | 4.4 | – | – | – | 63.2 | 157.6 | 2.3 |
| Dried | 168.5 | 340.2 | 11.6 | – | – | – | 168.5 | 340.2 | 6.0 |
| Fruit/Veg. | 492.2 | 743.5 | 33.9 | 967.8 | 1403.2 | 71.1 | 1460.0 | 504.9 | 51.9 |
| Meat | 173.5 | 331.1 | 11.9 | 176.7 | 239.0 | 13.0 | 350.1 | 387.0 | 12.4 |
| Other food | 288.8 | 693.9 | 19.9 | 216.1 | 355.5 | 15.9 | 387.0 | 1737.1 | 17.9 |
| Total | 1453.3 | 1806.0 | 100.0 | 1360.6 | 1614.8 | 100.0 | 2813.9 | 2555.0 | 100.0 |
Fruit/Veg. = Fruit and vegetables.