Post by Starchild on Mar 16, 2007 9:33:50 GMT
Homes 'dumping a third of food'
Most wasted food ends up on landfill sites
Homes across Britain throw away a total of 6.7m tonnes of food a year, a report is expected to reveal.
The study, by the government's waste body Wrap, will say that households in the country throw away just under a third of all the food they buy.
Most of the waste food goes into landfill sites, where it breaks down and causes greenhouse gases.
Half of it is inedible items, such as teabags. But it means more than 15p of each £1 spent on food is wasted.
Focusing on combating climate change, the report will remind people that about one-fifth of our carbon emissions are related to the production, processing, transport and storage of food.
Wrap's Jenny Price told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there were lots of things people could do to prevent wasting food.
"Just simple things like looking in the fridge, looking in the cupboard, before you go shopping.
"Seeing 'I've got a lettuce, that's fine, I don't need another one.'"
Full Story here
personal opinion??
What a frigging waste! What? No composters? Teabags go quite happy into those! I know most councils green waste won't take food products (due to risk of foot and mouth...UH?) but hells bells, don't people use up the rest of their roasts the next day anymore? (Cold meat egg and chips anyone?) Mash potato will freeze quite happily.
Most wasted food ends up on landfill sites
Homes across Britain throw away a total of 6.7m tonnes of food a year, a report is expected to reveal.
The study, by the government's waste body Wrap, will say that households in the country throw away just under a third of all the food they buy.
Most of the waste food goes into landfill sites, where it breaks down and causes greenhouse gases.
Half of it is inedible items, such as teabags. But it means more than 15p of each £1 spent on food is wasted.
Focusing on combating climate change, the report will remind people that about one-fifth of our carbon emissions are related to the production, processing, transport and storage of food.
Wrap's Jenny Price told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there were lots of things people could do to prevent wasting food.
"Just simple things like looking in the fridge, looking in the cupboard, before you go shopping.
"Seeing 'I've got a lettuce, that's fine, I don't need another one.'"
Full Story here
personal opinion??
What a frigging waste! What? No composters? Teabags go quite happy into those! I know most councils green waste won't take food products (due to risk of foot and mouth...UH?) but hells bells, don't people use up the rest of their roasts the next day anymore? (Cold meat egg and chips anyone?) Mash potato will freeze quite happily.
