food waste… a recipe for disaster!. recipe for disaster!

Food Waste…A Recipe for Disaster!

Recipe for Disaster!

Recipe for Disaster!

What has it got to do with Food?

Recipe for Disaster!

Feeding & Milking Cows

Cooling and transporting the Milk

Processing it into Cheese Packaging

and transport to/from shops

Keeping right temperature at home

Waste thrown into landfill

Recipe for Disaster!

Carbon Footprint Sandwich

Recipe for Disaster!

83% Growth & Production

11% Transportation

6% Other including packaging & disposal

20% of UK’s Climate Change emissions are related to food

Recipe for Disaster!

Wasted Food = Wasted Resources

Recipe for Disaster!

The most common avoidable food waste:

Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes!

Tomatoes :2.8 million

Potatoes : 5.1 millionBread:

7 million slicesCakes:

82 000Apples :

4.4 million

Recipe for Disaster!

Recipe for Disaster!

Reduce - don’t make rubbish in the first place!Reuse – extend the ‘life’ of a product before disposing of it.Recycle - Use all the facilities available to turn your rubbish into something new and useful again. Including energy.

Make a Difference

Buy less

Cook less

Throw less

Recipe for Disaster!