Estimated volume of food waste generated Australia 2020, by destination

Published by L. Granwal, Sep 29, 2023
Estimates show around 3.32 million metric tons of food waste generated in Australia was disposed at landfill sites in 2020. The next biggest disposal destinations of food waste generated were commercial composting and on-farm disposal with around 1.37 million metric tons of food waste disposed each.

Estimated volume of food waste generated in Australia in 2020, by destination (in million metric tons)

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Release date

August 2021

Region

Australia

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Release date is date of access.
According to the source, the baseline data was compiled using 2018-2019 data and supplemented by data sets collected from industry and households in 2020.

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