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6 easy ways to reduce your food waste

Six easy ways to reduce your food waste UK families throw away an estimated 7 million tonnes of food and drink every year and more than half of that could have been eaten, according to WRAP.



As well as being a terrible waste of food, it’s a waste of money. WRAP estimates that UK households with children waste £700 a year on food they throw away. Reducing the amount of food waste we throw away is simple and all it requires is a little forward-planning.

1.       Take stock of what’s in the kitchen and plan your meals Many of us go shopping without a good idea of what we actually need

which makes it easy to get sucked in by offers or spot something you fancy. This results in us buying more food than we need and throwing it away because it goes out of date. Before you go shopping look at what food you’ve already got and when it will go out of date.

You can then plan a menu for the week ahead and use up food that you might otherwise throw away. Other benefits of planning your meals include saving money by not buying food you don’t need and improving your families diet because you’re paying attention to what you’re eating.    


2.       Eat up those leftovers

Sometimes we go overboard and cook too much food so plan a ‘leftover night’ and finish off those scraps. Leftovers also make great lunches and there are plenty of recipes out there for using up leftover meat from your Sunday roast.  


3.       First in, last out Finish off a packet / tub / carton / tin of something before opening a new one. An easy way to put this into practice is to organise your cupboards, fridge and freezer by having the freshest food at the back and the food that will go out of date first at the front.   4.       Freeze food


If you cook too much, or take advantage of an offer and buy more than you need that week, freeze it and use it at a later date.

5.       Take note of what you’re throwing away Monitor what you’re throwing away and adjust your shopping habits to suit. For example, you might be buying too much bread and throwing it away because it goes out of date before you can eat it, so you could adjust to buying less or smaller loaves.   

6.       Put your food waste in the compost bin You won’t be able to use everything up, such as egg shells, but you can put some of these things in your compost bin or pile. For a detailed list of what you can and cannot compost, visit Recycle Now.   

7.       The rest can go in your food waste caddy The things you can’t eat or put in your compost bin, such as bones, can then go in your food waste caddy for collection by your council. We are involved in a number of council food waste schemes through the UK. Visit our councils page to find out if we are helping your council and find out what size caddies and liners you need.