This seems to be a big topic of interest in the UK at the moment. Even the Prime Minister has come out in the press and said that we have to stop wasting so much food. Of course it has been known for a while that people in the UK waste on average 1/3rd of the food that they buy. However, what the Prime Minister fails to point out is the fact that more that half of food wastage is from supermarkets and restaurants. How much easier for the Prime Minister to put this back onto the public. Let us stop wasting and the government doesn't need to do anything to deal with either the waste or the actual reasons for the increase in the cost of food. I'm not trying to justify waste. I just don't think that the problem of rising food prices can be solved by people not wasting and I wish politicians would stop trying to come up with simplistic solutions! (Sorry about that rant. I will now get down from my soap box!)
Today the Guardian published an article with 20 ways to reduce food wastage. There are some excellent ideas and good Internet links. It's worth a look!
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