Campaign to cut Britain’s food waste finds 24m slices of bread are thrown out by households every day
Nearly one in five UK households admit to binning an entire loaf of bread before even opening or slicing it,according to novel research supporting a campaign to encourage consumers to take steps to reduce the national mountain of food waste.
Just under half of adults (49%) say they eat bread every day, with 38% buying two loaves a week. But the survey commissioned by care for Food disapprove Waste also found that 18% admitted to throwing absent a forgotten loaf before opening it, and while a quarter of us admit to discarding bread before reaching the end of the loaf.
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Source: theguardian.com