There is a reference to food waste in the following Dailyrelease: "Human Activity and the Environment: Food in Canada 2009". Tuesday, June 9, 2009 (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090609/dq090609a-eng.htm) and in the related publication "Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics 2009" (catalogue number: 16-201-XWE,http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-201-x/2009000/part-partie1-eng.htm) The data on composting of kitchen waste that has been collected by the Households and the Environment Survey (HES) may also be of interest. Some of these statistics have been published in the Daily release "Study: Composting organic waste 2006 " (Thursday, March 27, 2008) and in the study "Is composting organic waste spreading?," EnviroStats, Vol. 2, no. 1. Spring 2008 ( catalogue number: 16-002-XWE, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=16-002-X200800110540&lang=eng).