Sources: clearfleau; vision 2020: uk roadmap to zero food waste to landfill; global food waste not, want not, institute of mechanical engineers; wrap.co.uk

Nestlé’s 150 European factories will all comply by 2020. What can you do to prevent food waste?

£12bn

household savings

£3.7bn

public sector savings

over

1.1twh

of energy produced

1.3mtonnes

of valuable nutrients

returned to the soil

27mtonnes

less in greenhouse

gas emissions

Sending zero waste to landfill in the UK by 2020 could mean:

Food is a valuable resource that we should prevent from ending up in landfill

WASTE PIT

ANAEROBICDIGESTER

HEAT &ELECTRICITY

Liquid waste is fed into

the digester

Waste is converted to biogas

Waste sludge is used for organic compost

Waste ingredients are sent to

the pit

97% less effluent is produced

Biogas is converted

to heat and electricity

TO POWER THE FACTORY

of food waste saved

OF CarbonSaved

1,200tonnes

1,002tonnes

fewerskips filled

70%

all of our factories will send

zero waste to landfill by end 2015

At NestlÉ UK & IRELAND,

The waste from producing Nestlé favourites is used to

POWER PART OF THE FACTORY

4,000tonnes

is generated in distribution

distribution

3.2mtonnes

is binned by 10,000 food

& drink factories

Food & drinkmanufacturing

7.2mtonnes

is thrown away by

households. 61% is

avoidable

households

1.2-2bntonnes

of vegetable crops are not

harvested because they

look ‘imperfect’

agriculture

300,000tonnes

come from over-ordering,

damage or looking

‘imperfect’

grocery retail

600,000tonnes

is discarded by hotels

and offices

Catering &hospitality

6.2bnlitres

waste water

20mtonnes

greenhouse gas

WHERE IT PRODUCES OVER

40%ends up in landfill

14.8mtonnes

of food waste

in the uk,WE GENERATe

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