Food waste: not to be wasted

Food waste: what does the latest report tell us? | News | theguardian.com: "4.2m tonnes of avoidable food and drink waste was thrown away by UK households last year - worth £12.5bn - according to the latest report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap).

The annual report by the government's waste advisory body provides estimates of the amount of food and drink wasted in the UK, with detailed data on the types of food and drink wasted, reasons for disposal and the impact on the environment. Rebecca Smithers writes today:

The average UK family is wasting nearly £60 a month by throwing away almost an entire meal a day, according to a new report that reveals the scale of the ongoing challenge to reduce household food waste.

Britons are chucking out the equivalent of 24 meals a month, adding up to 4.2 million tonnes of food and drink every year that could have been consumed. Almost half of this is going straight from fridges or cupboards into the bin. One-fifth of what households buy ends up as waste, and around 60% of that could have been eaten."

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