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 749,299 55,408 202,167 72,169 178,507 241,048 2021 665,404 52,691 127,923 75,019 188,955 220,816 2022 708,837 52,837 189,694 89,103 157,045 220,158 2023 721,365 50,032 191,528 83,806 175,048 220,951 2024 708,343 54,344 168,925 85,424 181,086 218,563 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)