Organic Waste: Difference between revisions

Line 1:

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

== Overview ==

Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, including [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]<ref name="foo">WRAP, 2017. [http://wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/organics Organics | WRAP UK. Wrap.org.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>‌.

Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, including [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]<ref name="foo">WRAP, 2017. [http://wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/organics Organics | WRAP UK. Wrap.org.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>‌ but which can also include some [[Agricultural Waste]]. Whilst other wastes have an organic and/or biological content (such as [[Sewage Sludge]]) they are separately reported.

[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] are the best methods for dealing with organic waste, and is essential to diverting waste from landfill and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers<ref name="foo" />.

[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] (either [[Windrow Composting]] or [[In-vessel Composting]]) are the best methods for dealing with organic waste, and is essential to diverting waste from landfill and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers<ref name="foo" />.

== 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 ~~base don~~ 2016 data and identifies three categories of wastes that are generally considered to be organic and is part of the broader tonnage reported as [[UK Waste 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 and identifies three categories of wastes that are generally considered to be organic (although more detailed and recent data is broken down by [[WRAP]] on the [[Food Waste]] page of WikiWaste) and is part of the broader tonnage reported as [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

Line 43:

[[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref>[http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food%20Surplus%20and%20Waste%20in%20the%20UK%20Key%20Facts%20(22%207%2019)_0.pdf WRAP Food Surplus and Waste in the UK - Key Facts] </ref>identify over 10,000,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 7,100,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarizing their findings:

~~[[File:WRAP key facts on food waste diagram.png|800px|center|WRAP Summary Diagram of Food Waste]]~~

The headers below presently only capture the tonnage collected and reported by local authorities through [[WasteDataFlow]].

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
 == Overview ==
-Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, including [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]<ref name="foo">WRAP, 2017. [http://wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/organics Organics | WRAP UK. Wrap.org.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>‌.
+Organic waste is waste that is biodegradable, including [[Garden Waste]] and [[Food Waste]]<ref name="foo">WRAP, 2017. [http://wrap.org.uk/collections-and-reprocessing/organics Organics | WRAP UK. Wrap.org.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>‌ but which can also include some [[Agricultural Waste]]. Whilst other wastes have an organic and/or biological content (such as [[Sewage Sludge]]) they are separately reported.
-[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] are the best methods for dealing with organic waste, and is essential to diverting waste from landfill and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers<ref name="foo" />.
+[[Anaerobic Digestion]] and [[Composting]] (either [[Windrow Composting]] or [[In-vessel Composting]]) are the best methods for dealing with organic waste, and is essential to diverting waste from landfill and producing renewable energy and sustainable fertilisers<ref name="foo" />.
 == 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 base don 2016 data and identifies three categories of wastes that are generally considered to be organic and is part of the broader tonnage reported as [[UK Waste 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 and identifies three categories of wastes that are generally considered to be organic (although more detailed and recent data is broken down by [[WRAP]] on the [[Food Waste]] page of WikiWaste) and is part of the broader tonnage reported as [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 [[WRAP]] in their most recent report <ref>[http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Food%20Surplus%20and%20Waste%20in%20the%20UK%20Key%20Facts%20(22%207%2019)_0.pdf WRAP Food Surplus and Waste in the UK  - Key Facts] </ref>identify over 10,000,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 7,100,000 tonnes was from household sources with the following graphic summarizing their findings:
-[[File:WRAP key facts on food waste diagram.png|800px|center|WRAP Summary Diagram of Food Waste]]
 The headers below presently only capture the tonnage collected and reported by local authorities through [[WasteDataFlow]].