Food Waste Statistics
Every year in the UK 18 million tonnes of food end up in landfill.
- Approx 1/3 from producers/ supply chain, 1/3 from retail and 1/3 from households
- Annual value : £23 BILLION [and rising rapidly due to soaring prices]
- Massive environmental damage and landfill costs to dispose
- Many people, groups and families on low incomes/ poverty unable to afford "healthy" foods [and rising rapidly due to soaring prices/ fuel costs etc]
- "Food Poverty" and widespread poor health resulting – contributing dually in mal-nutrition and obesity levels
- Disposal costs to business passed on to consumers in higher prices, landfill costs in local taxes – less income
For more details you may like to visit the excellent Love Food Hate Waste website
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