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UK households waste 60 of food a month, figures show

2013-11-07 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: 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%...

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