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Organic Waste is generally reported to comprise [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]] and arisings total around '''23,000,000 tonnes''' per year. It generally excludes [[Agricultural Waste]] (including manures and slurries which total around 90,000,000 tonnes per year) and [[Sewage Sludge]] (which totals around 2,000,000 tonnes per year)<ref name="org1">[http://www.wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/recovered-materials-markets/reports/market-situation-reports-organics [[WRAP]] Most Recent Organics Market Report]</ref>.

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

== Overview ==

Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, generally reported as [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]. Whilst other wastes have an organic and/or biological content (such as [[Sewage Sludge]] and [[Agricultural Waste]] manures and slurries) they are separately reported.

[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] (either [[Windrow Composting]] or [[In-vessel Composting]]) are the [[treatment]] methods for dealing with organic waste, and are key to diverting waste from [[landfill]] and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers.

== Macro Tonnage ==

The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is based on 2016 data, with [[WRAP]] data for [[Food Waste]] from 2018<ref name="org2">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020] </ref> and organic waste generally from 2008<ref name = "org1"/>. The macro numbers under-report the total organic waste arisings in the UK as a whole as they exclude:

* Organic Waste which is within general mixed waste (i.e. [[DEFRA]] only report segregated materials)

* A large proportion of [[Agricultural Waste]] which is [[Food Waste]] (and hence Organic Waste) which is not reported (i.e. reject crops or crop wastage that is ploughed back into fields)

* Other organic waste streams that are separately recorded (i.e. [[Sewage Sludge]] and [[Agricultural Waste]] manures and slurries)

=== [[WRAP]] Figures ===

[[WRAP]] in their organics report (dated 2008)<ref name = "org1"/> reported the following total arisings:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Organic Waste !! [[MSW]] Arisings (Tonnes) !! [[C&I Waste]] Arisings (Tonnes) !! Total Arisings (Tonnes)

|-

| [[Food Waste]] || 6,100,000 || 5,700,000 || 11,800,00001

|-

| [[Garden Waste]] || 6,400,000 || 4,200.000 || 10,600,000

|-

| Other || 0 || 2,600,000 || 2,600,000

|-

| Total || 12,500,0002 || 12,500,000 || 25,000,000

|}

# The table is superseded by the figure below, showing the reviewed position of [[WRAP]] for [[Food Waste]] at 9,500,000 tonnes in 2018 (a reduction of around 2,300,000 tonnes) taking the total organic waste arisings to around '''23,000,000 tonnes'''.

# Within the report [[WRAP]] indicated that 3,612,000 tonnes of the total arisings shown was collected, the majority of which was [[Garden Waste]]. [[Food Waste]] collection has increased since that time to around treble that reported as collected (c. 780,000 tonnes) and an increase in composting at the home (c. 530,000 tonnes). This has resulted in [[WRAP]] now reporting 1,300,000 tonnes of collected [[Food Waste]]. With [[Garden Waste]] reasonably static this means the 3,612,000 tonnes has increased to around 4,600,000 tonnes.

As noted above, [[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref name = "org2" />identify around 9,500,000 tonnes of [[Food Waste]], of which 6,600,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarising their findings and further explained on the [[Food Waste]] page:

[[File:WRAP Food Waste Graphic.png|800px|left|Source: WRAP Graphic - Key Facts Report Updated May 2019]]

===[[DEFRA]] Figures===

As set out above, the [[DEFRA]] macro numbers only report segregated organic waste and identifies three categories of wastes:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Reported by [[DEFRA]] as Generated in 2016 !! Tonnes

|-

| Animal & Mixed Food Waste || 3,056,065

|-

| Vegetable Wastes || 6,019,100

|-

| Animal Faeces, Urine & Manure || 114,422

|-

| Total|| 9,189,587

|}

The categories are split into six potential sources, as are all the [[DEFRA]] figures, summarised in the pie charts and data tables below:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="2"|Vegetable Wastes!!colspan="2"|Animal & Mixed Food Waste

|-

| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=11129|val2=1241|val3=1333996|val4=7341|val5=266771|val6=4398621}}|| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=31846|val2=416|val3=1657269|val4=93|val5=805211|val6=561230}}

|-

! colspan="2"|Data Table!! colspan="2"|Data Table

|-

| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) || style="text-align:right;"|11,129|| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) || style="text-align:right;"|31,846

|-

| Mining and Quarrying (MQ) || style="text-align:right;"|1,241|| Mining and Quarrying (MQ) || style="text-align:right;"|416

|-

| Industrial (Ind) || style="text-align:right;" | 1,333,996|| Industrial (Ind) || style="text-align:right;" | 1,657,269

|-

| Construction (Con) || style="text-align:right;" | 7,341|| Construction (Con) || style="text-align:right;" | 93

|-

| Commercial (Com)|| style="text-align:right;" | 266,771|| Commercial (Com)|| style="text-align:right;" | 805,211

|-

| Household (HH)|| style="text-align:right;" |4,398,621|| Household (HH)|| style="text-align:right;" |561,230

|}

From the information above, 4,959,851 tonnes is reported as household (54% of the total) and slightly more than the estimated figure of 4,600,000 tonnes above (mainly as a result of [[Garden Waste]] assumptions). The tonnage reported as [[C&I Waste]] of 4,063,247 tonnes (45% of the total) will be predominantly [[Food Waste]], with only incidental other tonnage captured from other sources. This tonnage is higher than [[WRAP]] figures.

===[[WasteDataFlow]] Figures===

The tonnage reported through [[WasteDataFlow]] by the [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities ]] for England and Wales are set out in the sections below for each [[Collection System Design]] for [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]. The tonnage reported is for the 2017/18 financial year and is summarised as follows (and screens out those reporting below the de-minimus figures set out in each section for simplicity):

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Collection Method !! Tonnes

|-

|Green garden Waste Only || 286,161

|-

| Mixed garden and Food Waste || 310,815

|-

| Other Compostable Waste || 63,642

|-

| Waste food Only || 157,30

|-

|Total||818,148

|}

== Green garden Waste Only ==

Below is a list of local authorities that send greater than 20,000 tonnes of [[Green Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Green Separate]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste, and which can be on a variety of different frequencies and can be [[Green Charged]] or [[Green Not Charged]]:

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Green garden waste only' and tonnage >= 20000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

! Stream

! Facility

! Operator

! Address

! Material

! Tonnes

! Reporting Period

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Mixed garden and Food Waste ==

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 30,000 tonnes of [[Green Waste]] mixed with [[Food Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Green Comingled]] or [[Food Comingled]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed garden and food waste' and tonnage >= 30000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

! Stream

! Facility

! Operator

! Address

! Material

! Tonnes

! Reporting Period

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Other Compostable Waste ==

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 5,000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Other compostable waste' and tonnage >= 5000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

! Stream

! Facility

! Operator

! Address

! Material

! Tonnes

! Reporting Period

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Waste food Only ==

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10,000 tonnes of [[Food Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Food Separate]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Waste food only' and tonnage >= 10000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

! Stream

! Facility

! Operator

! Address

! Material

! Tonnes

! Reporting Period

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== References ==

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+Organic Waste is generally reported to comprise [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]] and arisings total around '''23,000,000 tonnes''' per year. It generally excludes [[Agricultural Waste]] (including manures and slurries which total around 90,000,000 tonnes per year) and [[Sewage Sludge]] (which totals around 2,000,000 tonnes per year)<ref name="org1">[http://www.wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/recovered-materials-markets/reports/market-situation-reports-organics [[WRAP]] Most Recent Organics Market Report]</ref>.
+[[File:Garden Waste Picture.jpg|300px|left|Picture of Green Waste source 123RF.com]][[File:Food Waste Picture.png|300px|left|Picture of Food Waste source Mental Floss]]__TOC__
+<br clear='left'/>
+[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
 == Overview ==
+Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, generally reported as [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]. Whilst other wastes have an organic and/or biological content (such as [[Sewage Sludge]] and [[Agricultural Waste]] manures and slurries) they are separately reported.
+[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] (either [[Windrow Composting]] or [[In-vessel Composting]]) are the [[treatment]] methods for dealing with organic waste, and are key to diverting waste from [[landfill]] and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers.
 == Macro Tonnage ==
+The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is based on 2016 data, with [[WRAP]] data for [[Food Waste]] from 2018<ref name="org2">[https://wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food_%20surplus_and_waste_in_the_UK_key_facts_Jan_2020.pdf [[WRAP]] Key Facts Jan. 2020] </ref> and organic waste generally from 2008<ref name = "org1"/>. The macro numbers under-report the total organic waste arisings in the UK as a whole as they exclude:
+* Organic Waste which is within general mixed waste (i.e. [[DEFRA]] only report segregated materials)
+* A large proportion of [[Agricultural Waste]] which is [[Food Waste]] (and hence Organic Waste) which is not reported (i.e. reject crops or crop wastage that is ploughed back into fields)
+* Other organic waste streams that are separately recorded (i.e. [[Sewage Sludge]] and [[Agricultural Waste]] manures and slurries)
+=== [[WRAP]] Figures ===
+[[WRAP]] in their organics report (dated 2008)<ref name = "org1"/> reported the following total arisings:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Organic Waste !! [[MSW]] Arisings (Tonnes) !! [[C&I Waste]] Arisings (Tonnes) !! Total Arisings (Tonnes)
+|-
+| [[Food Waste]] || 6,100,000 || 5,700,000 || 11,800,0000<sup>1</sup>
+|-
+| [[Garden Waste]] || 6,400,000 || 4,200.000 || 10,600,000
+|-
+|  Other || 0 || 2,600,000 || 2,600,000
+|-
+| Total || 12,500,000<sup>2</sup> || 12,500,000 || 25,000,000
+|}
+# The table is superseded by the figure below, showing the reviewed position of [[WRAP]] for [[Food Waste]] at 9,500,000 tonnes in 2018 (a reduction of around 2,300,000 tonnes) taking the total organic waste arisings to around '''23,000,000 tonnes'''.
+# Within the report [[WRAP]] indicated that 3,612,000 tonnes of the total arisings shown was collected, the majority of which was [[Garden Waste]]. [[Food Waste]] collection has increased since that time to around treble that reported as collected (c. 780,000 tonnes) and an increase in composting at the home (c. 530,000 tonnes). This has resulted in [[WRAP]] now reporting 1,300,000 tonnes of collected [[Food Waste]]. With [[Garden Waste]] reasonably static this means the 3,612,000 tonnes has increased to around 4,600,000 tonnes.
+As noted above, [[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref name = "org2" />identify around 9,500,000 tonnes of [[Food Waste]], of which 6,600,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarising their findings and further explained on the [[Food Waste]] page:
+[[File:WRAP Food Waste Graphic.png|800px|left|Source: WRAP Graphic - Key Facts Report Updated May 2019]]
+<br clear='left'/>
+===[[DEFRA]] Figures===
+As set out above, the [[DEFRA]] macro numbers only report segregated organic waste and identifies three categories of wastes:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Reported by [[DEFRA]] as Generated in 2016 !! Tonnes
+|-
+| Animal & Mixed Food Waste || 3,056,065
+|-
+| Vegetable Wastes || 6,019,100
+|-
+| Animal Faeces, Urine & Manure || 114,422
+|-
+| Total|| 9,189,587
+|}
+The categories are split into six potential sources, as are all the [[DEFRA]] figures, summarised in the pie charts and data tables below:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! colspan="2"|Vegetable Wastes!!colspan="2"|Animal & Mixed Food Waste
+|-
+| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=11129|val2=1241|val3=1333996|val4=7341|val5=266771|val6=4398621}}|| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=31846|val2=416|val3=1657269|val4=93|val5=805211|val6=561230}}
+|-
+! colspan="2"|Data Table!! colspan="2"|Data Table
+|-
+| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) || style="text-align:right;"|11,129|| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) || style="text-align:right;"|31,846
+|-
+| Mining and Quarrying (MQ) || style="text-align:right;"|1,241|| Mining and Quarrying (MQ) || style="text-align:right;"|416
+|-
+| Industrial (Ind) || style="text-align:right;" | 1,333,996|| Industrial (Ind) || style="text-align:right;" | 1,657,269
+|-
+| Construction (Con) || style="text-align:right;" | 7,341|| Construction (Con) || style="text-align:right;" | 93
+|-
+| Commercial (Com)|| style="text-align:right;" | 266,771|| Commercial (Com)|| style="text-align:right;" | 805,211
+|-
+| Household (HH)|| style="text-align:right;" |4,398,621|| Household (HH)|| style="text-align:right;" |561,230
+|}
+From the information above, 4,959,851 tonnes is reported as household (54% of the total) and slightly more than the estimated figure of 4,600,000 tonnes above (mainly as a result of [[Garden Waste]] assumptions). The tonnage reported as [[C&I Waste]] of 4,063,247 tonnes (45% of the total) will be predominantly [[Food Waste]], with only incidental other tonnage captured from other sources. This tonnage is higher than [[WRAP]] figures.
+===[[WasteDataFlow]] Figures===
+The tonnage reported through [[WasteDataFlow]] by the [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities ]] for England and Wales are set out in the sections below for each [[Collection System Design]] for [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]. The tonnage reported is for the 2017/18 financial year and is summarised as follows (and screens out those reporting below the de-minimus figures set out in each section for simplicity):
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Collection Method !! Tonnes
+|-
+|Green garden Waste Only  || 286,161
+|-
+| Mixed garden and Food Waste || 310,815
+|-
+| Other Compostable Waste || 63,642
+|-
+| Waste food Only || 157,30
+|-
+|Total||818,148
+|}
 == Green garden Waste Only ==
+Below is a list of local authorities that send greater than 20,000 tonnes of [[Green Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Green Separate]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste, and which can be on a variety of different frequencies and can be [[Green Charged]] or [[Green Not Charged]]:
+{{#clear_external_data:}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Green garden waste only' and tonnage >= 20000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+{| class=wikitable
+! Authority
+! Stream
+! Facility
+! Operator
+! Address
+! Material
+! Tonnes
+! Reporting Period
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+|}
 == Mixed garden and Food Waste ==
+Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 30,000 tonnes of [[Green Waste]] mixed with [[Food Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Green Comingled]] or [[Food Comingled]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste.
+{{#clear_external_data:}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed garden and food waste' and tonnage >= 30000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+{| class=wikitable
+! Authority
+! Stream
+! Facility
+! Operator
+! Address
+! Material
+! Tonnes
+! Reporting Period
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+|}
 == Other Compostable Waste ==
+Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 5,000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
+{{#clear_external_data:}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Other compostable waste' and tonnage >= 5000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+{| class=wikitable
+! Authority
+! Stream
+! Facility
+! Operator
+! Address
+! Material
+! Tonnes
+! Reporting Period
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+|}
 == Waste food Only ==
+Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10,000 tonnes of [[Food Waste]] to a single waste operator as part of a [[Collection System Design]] that is termed [[Food Separate]] in the arrangements section of WikiWaste.
+{{#clear_external_data:}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Waste food only' and tonnage >= 10000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+{| class=wikitable
+! Authority
+! Stream
+! Facility
+! Operator
+! Address
+! Material
+! Tonnes
+! Reporting Period
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
+|}
 == References ==