Food waste, 2024
Slightly more food waste than a year earlier
More food waste was generated in food production and almost the same in food stores and households, while less food waste was generated in food services.
More food waste generated mainly in food production
Last year, 168,318 tonnes of food waste was generated, which means on average 79 kilograms per resident. The total amount was 2% higher than the year before. Most of the increase can be attributed to the higher amount of food waste in the food production. This increased by almost a fifth over the previous year due to the discarded larger quantities of substances unsuitable for consumption or processing. Slightly more food waste was also generated in households (by 2%) and food stores (by 1%). Less food was discarded only in food services (by 4%).
According to SURS’s estimate, in 2024 the edible part of food waste decreased by 1 percentage point and represented 60,600 tonnes or 36%, while the remaining 107,700 tonnes or 64% was the inedible part, which consists of peels, bones, pits, eggshells and similar substances that are never suitable for human consumption.
In the previous year, too, the largest share (44% or 73,600 tonnes) of food waste was generated in households. Thus, a resident discarded on average 35 kg of food at home, of which the edible part represented a third or 11 kg. 32% of all food waste was thrown away in food service, 15% in food production, and the least (9%) in food stores.
In total, four fifths of food waste treated in biogas and composting plants
The largest share of food waste was treated anaerobically in biogas plants (45%), followed by aerobic treatment in composting plants (34%). 19% of food waste was biologically stabilised before being disposed in plants for the mechanical and biological treatment (MBT) of municipal waste, and the remaining 2% was processed with other methods, such as incineration, oil refining and other biological recovery processes.
Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Last year, 168,318 tonnes of food waste was generated, which means on average 79 kilograms per resident. The total amount was 2% higher than the year before. Most of the increase can be attributed to the higher amount of food waste in the food production. This increased by almost a fifth over the previous year due to the discarded larger quantities of substances unsuitable for consumption or processing. Slightly more food waste was also generated in households (by 2%) and food stores (by 1%). Less food was discarded only in food services (by 4%).
According to SURS’s estimate, in 2024 the edible part of food waste decreased by 1 percentage point and represented 60,600 tonnes or 36%, while the remaining 107,700 tonnes or 64% was the inedible part, which consists of peels, bones, pits, eggshells and similar substances that are never suitable for human consumption.
In the previous year, too, the largest share (44% or 73,600 tonnes) of food waste was generated in households. Thus, a resident discarded on average 35 kg of food at home, of which the edible part represented a third or 11 kg. 32% of all food waste was thrown away in food service, 15% in food production, and the least (9%) in food stores.
In total, four fifths of food waste treated in biogas and composting plants
The largest share of food waste was treated anaerobically in biogas plants (45%), followed by aerobic treatment in composting plants (34%). 19% of food waste was biologically stabilised before being disposed in plants for the mechanical and biological treatment (MBT) of municipal waste, and the remaining 2% was processed with other methods, such as incineration, oil refining and other biological recovery processes.
Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Food waste by source, Slovenia, 2024
Food waste by type of treatment, Slovenia, 2024
1) Other treatment processes include incineration, oil refining and other biological recovery processes.
Food waste, Slovenia
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