60% of Food Waste Untouched

A study by WRAP of 2,138 UK households suggests that Britons dump £9bn of avoidable waste each year – a high percentage of which was food. 60% of dumped food is untouched and and at least £1bn worth of food wasted in the UK is still “in date”. Some key findings:

• Bakery goods made up 19%, by weight, of all avoidable food waste. Vegetables contributed 18%.
• Meat and fish also made up a large proportion – 18% – of the total money wasted on food.
• 5,500 whole chickens were thrown away each day in the UK.
• “Mixed foods” like ready meals made up 21% of the total cost of waste, with 440,000 thrown away each day.
• The two most significantly wasted foods were potatoes and bread.
• 1.3m unopened yoghurt pots are disposed every day

WRAP’S Report

[viaBBC NEWS]