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18 April 2017

The scale of the food waste problem

“Around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted from the farm to the fork.”

The food waste problem as we know it is getting worse. The amount of money we are throwing away in the form of waste food is at an all-time high with the average UK household wasting £470 worth of food in 2015 according to WRAP.

Take a look at this handy infographic to see the scale of the problem and how it is affecting our planet.

Food waste facts 2017

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