Love food hate waste
Did you know the average Oxfordshire household could save up to £50 per month by wasting less food?
The main reasons for throwing away food can be grouped in to "cooking or preparing too much" (for example cooking too much rice or pasta and it gets left in the saucepan or on the plate) or "not using food in time" (for example having to throw out fruit and vegetables because they've gone off in the fruit bowl or in the fridge, or not eating food before it goes past its use-by date).
The consequences
Not only are we wasting money by throwing away perfectly good food, but we're causing a serious environmental problem. Most of the food thrown away ends up in landfill where it produces methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
If you don't eat the food you buy, all the energy used to produce, package, transport and store that food gets wasted too. If we stopped wasting the amount of potentially edible food, we'd make a big impact: the same as taking 1 in 5 cars off UK roads!
Love Food Hate Waste campaign
The Love Food Hate Waste campaign has been created to raise awareness of the problem and provide information on what simple steps can be taken to combat it.
Research has shown that 90% of us are completely unaware of the amount of food we all throw away. Once attention is drawn to it however, people are surprised and keen to take action.
More information
Make a pledge to Love Food Hate Waste
Make a pledge and we'll send you a free leftovers recipe book with over 150 great recipes. We'll also keep you updated with tips and invite you to any special events.
Top tips
Handy hints for reducing the amount of food you throw away.
