We bin 7m tons of food a year: a quarter of it still in the packet

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environmental issues, recycling black bin liners full of rubbish on the street
environmental issues, recycling black bin liners full of rubbish on the street

New figures have revealed that the state of food waste is even worse than we thought. We throw away 1.6 million tons of vegetables, 910,000 tons of fresh fruit, 570,000 tons of meat and fish, and 560,000 tons of baked goods every year. In total we ditch 7 million tons of food a year.

A million tons of this hasn't even been taken out of the packet before it hits the bin.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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