date:Aug 21, 2019
, in England alone, going to landfill.
Currently 156 English councils (48%) do not have a kerbside food waste collection meaning that food waste in these areas is going to landfill.
Proposals being developed by the Government will see all homes receiving weekly food waste collections by 2023, but twice as much of the total food wasted in the UK a year could be recycled into energy and fertiliser, if this were to be introduced quicker.