Each household in the UK throws away an estimated £420 worth of food a year. This is the equivalent to about a third of all the food we buy and most of it could have been eaten if it was used in time or if we didn’t cook so much.
Wasting food is not just a waste of money; it is a waste of energy, water and packaging used in its production transportation and storage and is also very harmful to the environment. When food goes to landfill it rots and releases methane which is a damaging greenhouse gas.
You can download our food waste leaflet at the bottom of this page.
In this section
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Find out what you can do to reduce food waste
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What to do with unavoidable food waste
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Facts about food waste
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Further information on shopping and planning, portioning, storage and recipe ideas to use up leftovers
