Food Waste in Norway
Report on Key Figures

In June 2017, the Norwegian government and the entire food industry signed a sector agreement
on food waste reduction. The purpose of the agreement is to halve food waste in Norway by 2030,
in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3; the target will be achieved by a 15%
reduction in 2020 and a 30% reduction in 2025, where 2015 represents the baseline. The parties to
the agreement are obliged to report on developments in amounts and composition of food waste.
The figures and trends for the food industry are documented in this report.

Author: Aina Elstad Stensgård, Kjersti Prestrud, Ole Jørgen Hanssen and Pieter Callewaert
2019