Food Waste

 

So what is top of the pops for food waste?
• fresh fruit & vegetables
• fresh meat & fish
• bakery and dairy product
• rice & pasta

And why do we throw so much food away?
• We don’t eat it in time
• We prepare or cook too much
• We buy too much – offers and multiple buys and short date food
• We don’t use leftovers

What about in Wiltshire?
• Waste composition surveys carried out on the waste in Wiltshire bins shows a third is down to food waste
• Food waste thrown away in your grey wheelie bins ends up on landfill in North Wiltshire where it creates greenhouse methane gas
• Sales of discount price composters means many Wiltshire residents now compost throwaway fruit and vegetables, peelings, egg shells. Click on the following link for more information:
Composters

• More than 1000 food waste digestors have been sold in Wiltshire this year enabling residents to dispose of their food waste. Click on the following link for more information:
Food waste digesters