Our Waste Business Report on Food Waste is out now! This time it includes a separate excel spreadsheet with project decision makers contact information.

1. AcuComm currently holds 137
food waste projects in its Waste
Business Finder database.
The total estimated value of all
137 projects is just under
US$2.6 billion, equal to an
average of US$18 million per
project.
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size and scope of investments with 137 projects – click here
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Estimated Value of New Food Waste Projects by
Month (US$ millions)

2. These projects represent a
total reported waste capacity
of just over 6.9 million tonnes
per year.
The largest is the UK, with
estimated/planned capacity of
2.4 million tonnes, or 34.5% of
the total.
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and scope of investments with 137 projects – click here

3. To find out more about the global food waste market – and gain real-time insights into the size
and scope of investments with 137 projects – click here
AcuComm currently lists food
waste projects in 28 countries.
The largest number of projects
is in the UK, at 47, followed by
the USA with 35.
Seven other countries account
for more than two projects:
India, China, France, Hong
Kong, Japan, Germany and
Sweden.
UK
35.5%
USA
24.4%
China
8.3%
India
4.2%
Germany
2.7%
Others
24.9%
Estimated Value of Projects by Country
(US$ millions)

4. Total estimated power
generation is 989.9 MW, equal
to an average of 7.2 MW per
project.
The leading country is the
USA, with 335 MW, equal to
33.9% of the total or 9.6 MW
per project.
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size and scope of investments with 137 projects – click here

5. To find out more about the global food waste market – and gain real-time insights into the
size and scope of investments with 137 projects – click here
Various types of company will be
involved in a typical food waste
project's lifecycle, from planning to
construction, equipment supply,
operation, maintenance and
upgrading.
AcuComm lists 77 operators, 59
contractors/engineers and 34
equipment suppliers of food waste
projects/facilities.
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Operators
Equipment Suppliers
Contractors/Engineers

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What Next?
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