2. Food Waste
Every tonne of food waste prevented has the potential to save 4.2 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
This means that reducing food waste can make a real contribution to tackling greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Our Love Food Hate Waste campaign will continue to drive behavioural change in this area.
Additional 620,000 households in the UK committed to reducing food waste in 2008/09
We will continue to increase the capacity for recycling food waste, including accelerating the expansion of anaerobic digestion through technical and financial support.
Opportunities to make our food more resource efficient
- Love Food Hate Waste - helping us all save money and the environment.
- Helping local authorities set up efficient collection systems.
- Anaerobic digestion - an innovative way to treat food waste
- Understanding the reasons for food waste - key research
- The Courtauld Commitment - the retail sector taking action
