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Love Food Hate Waste…

Love Food Hate Waste…. Ruth Roberts. Love Food Hate Waste: how it began. WRAP launched Love Food Hate Waste in 2007 to help UK households recognise and tackle the issue of food waste. Household food and drink in the UK. Household kerbside collections of residual waste. 1. Waste Data Flow

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Love Food Hate Waste…

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  1. Love Food Hate Waste… Ruth Roberts

  2. Love Food Hate Waste: how it began WRAP launched Love Food Hate Waste in 2007 to help UK households recognise and tackle the issue of food waste

  3. Household food and drink in the UK Household kerbside collections of residual waste 1. Waste Data Flow 2. Review of Municipal Waste Composition 3. The Food We Waste (WRAP) Household food waste collections Household waste recycling centres Home composting and fed to animals Down the Drain (WRAP) Kitchen Diary (WRAP) Sewer

  4. 27% • 22% • 2% • 49%

  5. Household food and drink waste in the UK • Total food and drink waste • 7.2m tonnes • Avoidable • Unavoidable • Possibly Avoidable • 4.4m tonnes • 1.4m tonnes • 1.4m tonnes

  6. Household food and drink waste in the UK • Avoidable • 4.4m tonnes • Prepared, served, or cooked too much • Not used in time

  7. Household food and drink waste • All types of food and drink are thrown away. • The most prominent by weight are; • Fresh vegetables and salad • drink • fresh fruit • bakery

  8. EACH DAY in the UK, we throw away around… • 4.1m • apples • 5.3m potatoes • 1.7m • bananas • 1.4m sausages • 1.3m • eggs

  9. 5kgs per week • 120kg per person, per year • The average home throws away 270 kg of food and drink per year

  10. We all throw away food Kilograms per person per week • 1 • 0 • 55 - 64 • 25 - 34 • 16 - 24 • 35 – 44 • 45 - 54 • 65+ • Age Group

  11. Environmental Impact • Producing, storing and transporting • food to us uses up a lot of energy • and resources • The equivalent of 17 million tonnes • of carbon dioxide per year • If we were to stop wasting food it would be the equivalent of taking1 in 5 cars off UK roads

  12. Environmental Impact • Sending food to landfill generates methane which is one of the most harmful greenhouse gases

  13. Financial impact • UK householders are throwing away £12 billion worth of good food and drink every year. • £480 per household per year • £680 per household with children per year • Savings of up to £50 a month

  14. What are the retailers doing to help?

  15. What is the Courtauld Commitment? • A voluntary agreement between WRAP and individual retailers and brands to improve resource efficiency and reduce the carbon and wider environmental impact of the grocery retail sector.

  16. 53 retailers and brands including…

  17. Courtauld Commitment targets: To reduce the carbon impact of grocery packaging by 10% To reduce UK household food and drink waste by 4% To reduce grocery packaging waste in the supply chain by 5%

  18. Helping consumers buy the right amount

  19. Helping consumers buy the right amount

  20. Helping consumers keep food at its best

  21. Helping consumers keep food at its best

  22. Practical Tips and Advice

  23. Five Key Behaviours • It pays to plan • Know your dates • Savvy storage • Perfect portions • Lovely Leftovers

  24. Key Behaviour 1 It Pays to Plan

  25. The benefits of planning • Planning can help you to save time and money by encouraging you to: • use up the food you already have • only buy what you need • avoid impulse buys • eat a more nutritionally balanced diet • use up food from your freezer • prepare meals in advance • involve members of the family

  26. Key Behaviour 2 Know your dates

  27. Key Behaviour 3 Savvy storage

  28. Using the Freezer • Food can theoretically be stored in the freezer forever - it only deteriorates in quality, not safety • Changes in quality include colour, texture and flavour • Thaw food in fridge so that it doesn't get too warm. Eat within 24 hours after it’s been defrosted

  29. Key Behaviour 4 Perfect portions

  30. Perfect Portions • Weigh or measure your food – work out the right amount for you. • Encourage people to serve themselves from dishes on the table • You don’t need any fancy tools – a mug, tablespoon, spaghetti measure or simple scales are all you need

  31. Key Behaviour 5 Lovely leftovers

  32. Five Key Behaviours • It pays to plan • Know your dates • Savvy storage • Perfect portions • Lovely Leftovers

  33. Passing the message on….

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