Food Actions
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Key action: avoid food waste
Reducing or eliminating food waste could reduce our carbon emissions by up to 10%.
One third of the planet’s total food produced is wasted. The cost of growing, processing, transporting, selling and then returning it to landfill wastes a huge amount of resources (including financial) producing a huge amount of GHG emissions along the way.
Landfill emits methane which is 84 times more damaging than CO2.
There are lots of small actions you can take to avoid food waste including:
Noticing what you throw away so you buy less of it in the future.
Planning your eating and your shopping. Random, spontaneous buying normally leads to waste.
Cooking the full vegetable, root to stem. Check out Guardian Food Waste.
Composting your food waste.
Cooking smaller portions.
Reusing leftovers (instead of throwing them away).
Freezing your foods to extend their shelf life.
Supporting businesses that produce food and drink products out of surplus food, including:
Oddbox
Toast Ale
Rubies in the Ruble
ChicP
Dash Water
Use the app Too Good to Go to find restaurants, shops, hotels, manufacturers and cafes that offer near expired food at a low price.
