1. Kees Baldé and Andries Offringa
Statistical experiences on Food waste
Kees Baldé and Andries Offringa

2. Overview of presentation
Current status of food waste statistics in the Netherlands
Data needs for national monitoring
Experiences of the project
Lessons learnt
Improvements for food waste plug-in
Conclusion

3. Food waste statistics Three food waste monitors have been published
Wageningen University in driving seat, but collaboration with CBS for 4 years
Monitoring starting from waste treatment data and then determining food waste share
Public available data and reports
sorting analysis of residual waste
Sorting analysis of green wastes
Treatment of municipal waste
Co-digestion of manure
Etc.

4. Main numbers on food waste in NLD
On average between: 109 to 162 kg/inhabitant
Around one third is avoidable, one third potentially avoidable and one third non-avoidable

5. Data gaps national monitoring
Little knowlegde on generation
Existing waste statistics data are not detailed enough
Linkage between treatment and generation highly desired for policy interventions
Ministry of economic affairs financed two projects in 2014 and 2015
Goal of project:
Link generation to treatment for food waste
Investigate CBS micro data for food waste statistics
Manufacturing industry
Services industry
Data that has sufficient quality for national monitoring

6. How it worked in practice
Researcher of WUR got access to micro data on enterprise level at CBS premises
Signed confidentiality agreement
Worked together with CBS researchers
Can we identify if it is food waste. Yes or no?
Fraction between food waste and non-food waste per LoW code, per NACE
Enterprise data of CBS were used
Expert knowlegde

7. Did it work? Worked for NACE 10-12
Did not work for NACE 1-3, 46, 47, 55, 56, P , 86
Households were not researched
is done by Government on a regular basis

8. Manufacturing industry
For manufacturing industry NACE 10-12
4.7 Mt of waste are not considered as food waste in the Netherlands !!!
Mainly
wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction …
Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing
Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing
At least 75% of total for NACE in food waste plug-in
Waste generation links to economic fluctuations
Data will not work as a proxy
Compared to total waste in food waste plug-in it is at least 25%

9. Way forward in the Netherlands 2016
2016: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Infrastructrure and Environment finance the following project
If data is available in future, we might be able to provide to Eurostat, not sure it is in LoW codes
Combination LoW code + enterprise + company visits + voluntary participation of sector organisations
Food waste: fraction between avoidable and non-avoidable food waste per LoW code, per NACE
Use CBS data on generation

10. Lessons learnt for food Waste Plugin
Main question: is the data a good proxy …
Answer:
Not for NACE in the Netherlands.
At least 75% of food waste containing LoW codes are not food waste
Other sectors still unknown … it should be investigated in 2016
Is Netherlands specific? Or not? Similar knowledge should be developed for other countries

11. Improve data collection with food waste plug-in fictive data
For sure non-food waste
To be done for all sectors

12. Conclusions
The statistical data did not have the sufficient details for national monitoring of generation of food waste
not suitable for national monitoring yet
Discourage use for international monitoring
Might change in 2016 if we can make a better split per LoW code on food waste and non-food waste
Expand food waste plugin with additional data on non-food waste within the LoW / NACE combinations