UK households waste 4.5m tonnes of food each year
(The Guardian Money News)

Report reveals total has fallen 7% in last three years, but says much more still needs to be doneTotal 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, the government´s waste advisory body has warned.The volume of food waste generated in the retail supply chain, the hospitality sector, and in homes stood at 9.5m tonnes in 2018, down from 10m tonnes in 2015 and 11.2m in 2007, according to a detailed study from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Continue reading...