We waste a staggering amount of food. One third, to be precise, ends up discarded in bins or farmers’ fields say the UN. Though it’s tempting to point the finger solely at big food corporations for this wasteful culture, we all need to take our share of the blame – and responsibility – too.
In Europe, each of us wastes up to 115kg of food per year. To put that in perspective that’s the equivalent of throwing away 1,100 apples, 500 avocados or an astonishing 11,000 breakfast bagels. Each. In short, we all need to do more to waste less.