Amount of Food Waste Generated in Singapore

Debated in Parliament on 3 Sep 2019.

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Anthea Ong inquired about the total food waste generated in Singapore in 2017 and 2018 from specific sectors including hawker centres, hotels, caterers, meat importers and distributors, and pre-packed food manufacturers.
Masagos Zulkifli responded that approximately 810,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in 2017 and 763,000 tonnes in 2018.
He noted that about half of the food waste came from residential households, with the remainder from other sources such as food manufacturers, importers, distributors, caterers, hotels, and hawker centres.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) does not track the specific amount of food waste generated from each individual source category.
The response clarified that while overall food waste figures are available, detailed breakdowns by sector are not maintained by the NEA.

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Anthea Ong

Ms Anthea Ong asked the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in 2017 and 2018, what is the total amount of food waste generated in Singapore by (i) all the hawker centres (ii) all the hotels (iii) all the caterers (iv) all the meat importers and distributors and (v) all the pre-packed food manufacturers.

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

In 2017 and 2018, approximately 810,000 tonnes and 763,000 tonnes of food waste was generated respectively. Of this, about half was from residential households. The remainder was from other sources, which includes food manufacturers, importers and distributors, caterers, hotels, and hawker centres. The National Environment Agency (NEA) does not track the specific amount of food waste generated from individual source categories.

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Anthea Ong inquired about the total food waste generated in Singapore in 2017 and 2018 from specific sectors including hawker centres, hotels, caterers, meat importers and distributors, and pre-packed food manufacturers.
Masagos Zulkifli responded that approximately 810,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in 2017 and 763,000 tonnes in 2018.
He noted that about half of the food waste came from residential households, with the remainder from other sources such as food manufacturers, importers, distributors, caterers, hotels, and hawker centres.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) does not track the specific amount of food waste generated from each individual source category.
The response clarified that while overall food waste figures are available, detailed breakdowns by sector are not maintained by the NEA.

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Amount of Food Waste Generated in Singapore

Debated in Parliament on 3 Sep 2019.

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Anthea Ong inquired about the total food waste generated in Singapore in 2017 and 2018 from specific sectors including hawker centres, hotels, caterers, meat importers and distributors, and pre-packed food manufacturers.
Masagos Zulkifli responded that approximately 810,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in 2017 and 763,000 tonnes in 2018.
He noted that about half of the food waste came from residential households, with the remainder from other sources such as food manufacturers, importers, distributors, caterers, hotels, and hawker centres.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) does not track the specific amount of food waste generated from each individual source category.
The response clarified that while overall food waste figures are available, detailed breakdowns by sector are not maintained by the NEA.

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Anthea Ong

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

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Anthea Ong inquired about the total food waste generated in Singapore in 2017 and 2018 from specific sectors including hawker centres, hotels, caterers, meat importers and distributors, and pre-packed food manufacturers.
Masagos Zulkifli responded that approximately 810,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in 2017 and 763,000 tonnes in 2018.
He noted that about half of the food waste came from residential households, with the remainder from other sources such as food manufacturers, importers, distributors, caterers, hotels, and hawker centres.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) does not track the specific amount of food waste generated from each individual source category.
The response clarified that while overall food waste figures are available, detailed breakdowns by sector are not maintained by the NEA.

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