In 2021, around 157 million waste container units worth of food waste products were produced in Seoul, South Korea, of which just volume-rate designated waste containers totaled over 659 million liters. This was a slight decrease from the previous year, when around 162 million units of food waste products were produced in the capital.
Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021
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Production volume in million units
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one-liter to 120-liter volume-rate waste container units included
Supplementary notes
Types of waste container units counted in figures vary from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags, biodegradable bags, radio-frequency identification (RFID) bags, and others.
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KOSIS. (February 2, 2023). Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in million waste container units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/
KOSIS. "Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in million waste container units)." Chart. February 2, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/
KOSIS. (2023). Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in million waste container units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/
KOSIS. "Food Waste Production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in Million Waste Container Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/
KOSIS, Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in million waste container units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Food waste production in Seoul, South Korea from 2018 to 2021 (in million waste container units) [Graph], KOSIS, February 2, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380832/south-korea-food-waste-production-volume/