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Redbridge residents invited to Love Food Hate Wast
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Recycle for Your Community will be visiting
Ilford High Road on Friday 25 November to show residents how they
can use the food they usually throw away to cook delicious meals,
and save some money.
The Love Food Hate Waste campaign estimates
that households in the United Kingdom throw away 7.2 million tonnes
of food every year, costing the average family with children £680 a
year, over £50 a month.
During European Week for Waste
Reduction, 20 – 27 November, Recycle for Your Community
and London Borough of Redbridge will be running Love Food Hate
Waste events throughout the Borough to support residents to save
money and reduce their food waste.
On Friday 25 November Recycle
for your Community will be running a Cooking Demonstration which
will feature live cookery demonstrations and question and answer
sessions with a professional chef on cooking, recipes and food.
Residents can also pick up recipes packs and tip cards which will
help them to make the most of the food they have.
Join us at our events to learn tips and tricks
to avoid food waste, or contact Libi at libi.jardine@wastewatch.org.uk
or on 0208 911 3187 if you’d like to arrange a talk on Love Food
Hate Waste for a local community group.
The Recycle for Your Community team will be
running a Love Food Hate Waste information stall at King George
Hospital on Monday 21 November 10am – 3pm and a
Love Food Hate Waste Cooking demonstration at Ilford High Road on
Friday 25 November 11am – 4 pm.
For further advice you can visit the Love Food Hate Waste
website which is bursting with recipe ideas, top
tips and cunning shortcuts to help you Love Food Hate Waste.
We are an extremely wasteful nation....
Food waste is an enormous challenge since most of us don’t
realise just how much we produce. We need to start thinking about
it to save money, reduce waste and minimise our impact on the
environment.
The Love Food Hate Waste campaign has come up with some
startling facts...
Nearly one quarter of the 4.1 million tonnes
of avoidable food waste is thrown away whole, untouched or
unopened. Of this, at least 340,000 tonnes is still in date when
thrown away. A further 1.2 million tonnes is simply left on our
plates.
Every day in the UK we throw away:
- 5.1 million whole potatoes
- 4.4 million whole apples
- 2.8 million whole tomatoes
- 7 million whole slices of bread
- 1.2 million sausages
- 0.7 million whole bars of chocolate and unwrapped sweets
- 0.3 million unopened packets of crisps
- And more…..
This is a waste of your money....
In the UK we spend £10.2 billion every year
buying and then throwing away good food. This is:
- £420 every year for the average UK household
- £610 every year for households with children
- Another £1 billion is then spent by local authorities
collecting food waste and sending most of it to landfill
Imagine getting home from the supermarket with
three bags of shopping, and immediately putting one of them into
the bin. This is essentially what happens every day in homes across
the UK.
And it is bad for the environment...
- Harmful gases (such as carbon dioxide and methane) are produced
when this food rots in landfill sites across the UK.
- The energy used in food production, packaging, transportation
and storage all goes to waste when we throw away food.
- If we stop wasting food it would have the same impact as taking
1 in 5 cars off the road.
Hints and Tips - How you can save money and the
environment...
Being clever in the kitchen and savvy at the supermarket can
save you money! Here are a few tips to ensure that you make the
most of your food:
- Your freezer really is your kitchen hero – many fresh foods
(including fruit and vegetables) can be frozen: check the
label.
- Have a quick check in the fridge each day and plan meals around
what needs using up first.
- If things are approaching their 'Use By' date and you're not
going to get round to eating them - pop them in the freezer for
another day.
- Those leftovers from last night’s dinner can make a great
lunchbox to take to work.
- To avoid bread going stale, put it in the freezer.
For more information and hints and tips about
reducing your food waste visit Love Food Hate Waste.
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