Food waste: the problem.
In the UK, we throw away more than 4.5 million tonnes of edible food a year, which is enough to fill up the Royal Albert Hall 90 times over, according to "Love Food Hate Waste".
Food waste is a huge climate change contributor as rotting food releases methane, a damaging greenhouse gas. In fact, food waste is responsible for a staggering 8-10% of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions, four times more than aviation! Some 70 per cent of food waste comes from households and in Britain each day the waste includes 24 million slices of bread, 1.4 million bananas and 5.8 million glasses of milk.
This is why we have set up Boroughbridge Community Larder. Let's all work together to tackle this huge problem!