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Article: Food Waste Management Options In The UK
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- BioCycle
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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United Kingdom
Study provides guidance on the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable ways of diverting household food waste.
ACCORDING to a March 2007 report from the Waste and Resources Action Program (WRAP), food waste is one of the largest single fractions in the United Kingdom's (UK) municipal solid waste stream, but only around two percent of the available amount is collected separately for composting or anaerobic digestion. The UK, along with other members of the European Union, are required to meet a Landfill Directive that mandates reduction in the amount of biodegradable waste going to municipal landfill. By 2010, it must be reduced to 75 percent of 1995 amounts, 50 ...