Food Waste Data Archive
The European Commission defines food waste as any food that becomes waste under the following conditions:
- It has entered the food supply chain (i.e. post harvesting)
- It then has been removed or discarded from the food supply chain, or at final consumption stage, and
- It is finally destined to be processed as waste.
Food waste is measured across five economic sectors of the supply chain: primary production, manufacturing and processing, retail and distribution, restaurants and food service, and households.
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Table 1. Food Waste by Sector in Ireland
Year Total (t) Primary Production (t) Process and Manufacturing (t) Retail and Distribution (t) Restaurants and Food Service (t) Households (t) 2018 1,053,700 497,500 100,400 203,300 252,500 2019 1,100,020 497,448 111,297 236,530 254,745 2020 770,300 70,400 219,500 60,900 178,500 241,000 2021 753,000 53,000 215,000 75,000 189,000 221,000 2022 749,243 52,837 230,100 89,103 157,045 220,158 2023 834,958 50,032 305,121 83,806 175,048 220,951 Open in Excel: Food Waste by Sector in Ireland Excel (XLS 9KB)
Open in CSV : Food Waste by Sector in Ireland CSV (CSV 1KB)
For more information see: Food Waste Statistics | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)