Five top tips to reduce your food waste

According to a government impact assessment conducted in 2023, food waste currently costs the UK £19 billion each year. This equates to roughly £1,000 per household – that’s £200 already gone by March. The environmental impact of this is also significant, with food waste contributing to approximately 8-10% or around 4 billion tonnes of global greenhouse gas emissions annually – nearly five times the total emissions from the aviation sector!

It’s safe to say that ultimately something needs to change. A mindset shift is needed to ensure food is seen as a precious commodity rather than a perishable luxury. Thankfully, all of this food wastage can be easily avoided by employing just a few simple tips and tricks that will make a world of difference, helping you improve any “rubbish” behaviour for the better.

With this in mind, we’ve created a handy guide to help you get better at managing food waste by providing our five top tips to reducing it. This covers everything from the importance of freezing certain foods to the correct approach to disposal, equipping you with the knowledge you need to minimise wastage for a brighter, greener future. Hopefully it offers you some food (waste) for thought.

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These small and easy steps to reduce food waste can all make a huge difference to your community, the environment, and your piggy bank. By being more aware of what you purchase, when food is due to go off, and which bin this needs to go into, together we can decrease our food wastage and ensure this is correctly disposed of, saving money and helping to save the planet. As the UK’s leading manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles, we know just how important it is to ensure best practice waste management is adhered to, and hope these insights encourage a better approach to food waste for the future.