Wasted food is costing you £420 per year

Research report “The Food We Waste”, published by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) reveals that the average household in the UK throws out £420 of good food a year, approximately one third of the food we buy. For some families with children it can be as much as £610. This is equivalent to filling Wembley Stadium with food waste 8 times over!

The cost of needlessly wasted food to UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 billion higher than previously estimated. Researchers found that more than half the good food thrown out is bought and simply left unused or untouched. For example, each day 1.3 million unopened yoghurt pots, 5,500 whole chickens and 440,000 ready meals are thrown away in the UK. The study revealed that £1 billion worth of wasted food is still “in date”. (more…)