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Friday, 10 February 2012

Food Waste Figures


  • 7.2 million tonnes of household food waste is thrown away annually in the UK

  • 4.4 million tonnes of food binned annually could have been eaten

  • The environmental impact of avoidable household food waste is around 17 million tonnes of CO2e - equivalent to the emissions of one in five cars on UK roads

  • the average family wastes £680 of food a year

  • the total value of food wasted in the UK each year is £12bn


Source: Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap)
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