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How can I reduce food waste?
Mats Özkan
2025-10-21 11:21:53
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To reduce food waste, you can buy products packaged in recyclable and biodegradable materials.
You can also search for shops that allow you to refill your oils, washing liquids and other things.
You can cut the amount of packaging you pick up at the shops and get the rest in the recycling bin.
Businesses can stop demanding perfectly-shaped food so that no edible food is wasted in the field.
Businesses can educate customers about food waste and how to avoid it.
Businesses can support measures to treat farmers well and work with food redistribution charities to get all surplus food to people who really need it.
You can join a gleaning network and get out on a farm to save funny-looking fruit from going to waste.
The government could halve food waste by getting every point of the supply chain to report on and reduce food waste.
The government could require all edible food surplus to be offered to hungry people, and then to animals as feed.
The government could require all inedible food waste to be composted or used to generate energy, not sent to landfill.
Teun Cornelisse
2025-10-12 15:42:28
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Check your fridge temperature It should be between 0-5C.
Use your fridge wisely Some foods keep better outside the fridge.
Love your list Make a shopping list and stick to it when you go shopping.
Measure your portions Reduce waste by cooking only the amount you need.
Freeze your 5-a-day… Got fresh fruit and veg that you can’t use in time?
…and freeze leftovers Many leftovers and chilled convenience meals freeze well too.
Sauces and dips Lots of leftovers can be made into sauces or dips.
Freeze dairy products Semi-skimmed and skimmed milk freeze better than whole.
Revive past-it bread Bread rolls past their best?
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Oscar van der Ven
2025-10-03 19:27:14
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Explore our food guide for plenty of easy ways to reduce your food waste.
From tasty recipes for simple meal ideas, easy ways to use up leftovers and how to store your food at home we've got you covered.
Fruit, except bananas and pineapples, keeps fresher for longer in the fridge.
Take out what you’ll eat that day so it's at room temperature for the best taste.
Colin van der Meer
2025-10-03 17:19:05
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Planning meals in advance, checking what food you have in the kitchen and writing a shopping list means you can avoid buying food that won’t get used.
Freezing food that is close to its use-by date means you can keep it for longer.
Leftover food can be kept in the fridge in a container and eaten another day or used to make another dish.
Cooking double quantities can reduce the amount of ingredients left over that might need to be thrown away.
Food is often safe to eat after its best-before so long as it passes the sight and smell test.
You can order food recycling bins for free.
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Laura Malik
2025-10-03 16:54:26
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By reducing the amount of food waste generated in the first place, all the emissions involved in the production, processing, transportation and cooking of food won’t have been created.
The best thing to do with unavoidable food waste is recycle it using a food caddy or compost bin.
You can also pop any food scraps suitable for birds and wildlife outside to help Scotland's nature.