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love food hate waste

The "Love Food, Hate Waste" campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce the amount of food that we throw away, and how doing this will benefit us as consumers and the environment.

Around a third of all the food we buy ends up being thrown away and most of this could have been eaten - it's not just peelings, cores and bones.

It's not just an issue of good food going to waste or that this costs us as consumers a significant amount of money, but that there are serious environmental implications.

The amount of food we throw away is a waste of resources. Just think about all the energy, water and packaging used in food production, transportation and storage. This all goes to waste when we throw away perfectly good food.

The good news is that there are a few quick and easy things we can all do to reduce the amount of food we throw away, visit the love food hate waste website for tips, recipes, storage ideas, portion control, and much more.

Alternatively, you can call the love food hate waste helpline if you have any questions on 0808 1002040