Waste Not, Want Not
This is quite astounding really - about one third of all the food we buy is thrown away. This amounts to more than three million tons annually or 15p in every £1 spent on food.
Now we all have duplicate spice jars and odd ingredients that we use for one exciting recipe only for it to be relegated to the back of the cupboard - but 1/3rd of all we buy is discarded? Staggering. Isn’t food the second biggest monthly outlay for a household after the mortgage/rent?
The watchdog group WRAP said people could cut down on left over food by simply looking in the cupboard or fridge before shopping. Never heard of WRAP before but sound, if obvious, advice. They are also calling on supermarkets not to encourage consumers to buy too much. How they expect supermarkets to do this is not mentioned - maybe the end of buy-one-get-one-free deals?
But the thrust is that people are throwing away food that’s cooked and left on the plate.
This is a society that misjudges food; this is a society that doesn’t value food.”
WRAP, incidentally, helps businesses and the general public to reduce waste, to use more recycled material, and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfills, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment. Worthy stuff.
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