Uk households binned 13bn worth of food in 2015 that could have been eaten according to new figures which suggest that progress in reducing the national food waste mountain has stalled. The amount of food we throw away is a waste of resources. Wasting food costs the average family with children almost 60 a month and has serious environmental implications too.
Reducing food waste is a major issue and not just about good food going to waste. Top 5 ways to cut down on food waste. They estimate that by cutting food waste each household could save up to 700 per year as well as making less waste.
According to the latest figures from wrap by weight household food waste makes up around 70 of the uk post farm gate total. 984bn in economic losses globally per year due to food loss and waste 19bn worth of food waste in the uk annually 86 uk rivers do not meet good ecological status. The facts are startling.
Uk food surplus and waste key facts. Food material hierarchy the amount of food waste generated by households and the hospitality and food service sector as a percentage of the amounts of food purchased are similar at between 16 and 18 respectively figure 4. Food surplus and waste in the uk key facts 3 figure 3.
Uk roadmap to zero food waste to landfill. The report titled new food waste horizons was launched at the uk ad and world biogas expo in birmingham 3 4 july and sets out the progress made by stakeholders across the food supply chain since the publication of refood s 2013 report vision 2020. Tracking 25 bestselling products from farm to fork its figures found that 35 of waste occurs in the home and in the first half of 2013 28 500 tonnes of.
In 2013 tesco became the first major uk retailer to publish its total food waste figures to can let consumers know where food waste occurs in line with the pledge to halve food waste by 2030. Since 1915 food waste has been identified as a considerable problem and has been the subject of ongoing media attention intensifying with the launch of the love food hate waste campaign in 2007. Food waste in the united kingdom is a subject of environmental and socioeconomic concern that has received widespread media coverage and been met with varying responses from government.
But we keep throwing perfectly good food away.
Uk food waste. Total food waste in the uk has fallen by the equivalent of 7 per person over the past three years but individual households should still be doing more to reduce the 4 5m tonnes of food waste. Wasting food is bad for the environment including the climate. We waste about a third of all food produced for human consumption. This wasted food has taken loads of fresh water land and labour to produce.
If it were a country food waste would be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gases pdf in the world.
If it were a country food waste would be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gases pdf in the world. This wasted food has taken loads of fresh water land and labour to produce. We waste about a third of all food produced for human consumption.
Wasting food is bad for the environment including the climate. Total food waste in the uk has fallen by the equivalent of 7 per person over the past three years but individual households should still be doing more to reduce the 4 5m tonnes of food waste.
