Food waste and food waste prevention – estimates

In 2022 around 132 kg of food waste per inhabitant were generated in the EU. Households generated 54% of food waste, accounting for 72 kg per inhabitant. The remaining 46% was waste generated upwards in the food supply chain. Household food waste is slightly more than twice the amount of food waste arising from the sectors of primary production and manufacture of food products and beverages (10 kg and 25 kg per inhabitant; 8% and 19%, respectively), sectors in which strategies exist for reducing food waste, for instance with the use of discarded parts as by-products. Finally, the sectors restaurants and food services and retail and other distribution of food accounted for 15 kg and 11 kg of food waste per person (11% and 8%, respectively); however, the impact of the end of the COVID-19 lockdowns on these two sectors is still being analysed.

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