Data analysis was carried out with the statistical software R. Data for three municipalities (Sønderborg, Haderslev, and Aabenraa), two housing types (single and multi-family), and two sorting procedures (with and without including food packaging in the food waste component) were investigated. The influence of including food packaging in the food waste fraction was modelled by comparing two waste composition datasets: (1) data from the sorting campaign where food packaging was separated from food waste and added to the relevant material fraction, and (2) a ‘‘calculated’’