Waste

This group of indicators shows the food losses and residual flows and packaging waste, and how these are recovered.

Indicators

883.7 kt food loss

Food residues and food loss

This indicator shows the amounts of food losses and by-product streams per step in the Flemish food chain.

Cascade index 8.0

Valorisation of residual food streams

This indicator shows the quality of valorisation of food waste streams by link.

1,445 kt digestate / 451 kt compost

Processing of organic residual streams

This indicator shows the amount and destination of digestate and compost in Flanders.

48 kg/cap.

Share of food waste in residual household waste

This indicator shows the organic kitchen waste that ends up in household waste.

3.6 Mt

Collection and processing of organic residual waste

This indicator shows the evolution of the stream of organic residual waste sorted for collection.

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Use of input

This group of indicators shows the amount of resources (water, soil, fertilisers, energy…) our primary food production (agriculture) uses.

Loss of input

This group of indicators shows how much and which resources from primary food production (agriculture) ‘leak’ into the environs.

Footprint

This set of indicators gives a picture of the pressures on our environment caused by our food production and...

Consumption pattern

This group of indicators shows the food choices made by Flemish households: are they balanced? Are they low-impact? How...