Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Categories: avoid food, Food, Food Waste, left, left overs, nbsp, Waste, work

Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Categories: avoid food, Food, Food Waste, left, left overs, nbsp, Waste, work

Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Categories: avoid food, Food, Food Waste, left, left overs, nbsp, Waste, work

Put a Stop to Food Waste

 

Written by Jenny Catton

 

According to the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, UK households throw away a staggering 7.2 million tonnes of food every year. And if this food wasn’t wasted, the CO2 reduction would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

 

With a little planning, you can avoid food waste. Not only will you be helping the environment but you could also save on your shopping bills. Here are some ideas:

 

Plan Your Meals

Decide what meals you are going to cook before doing the weekly shop. This way you can choose ingredients that can be used in several recipes.

 

Get Creative

It’s easy to look in the fridge after a long day at work and be stuck for inspiration. But take a little time to think about how random ingredients could be combined. For example, left over potatoes, an onion and a box of eggs could be made into a delicious Spanish omelette.

 

Take Left-overs to Work

If you have a tendency to cook portions that are too big, don’t throw the left-overs away. Pop them in a box and take them to work for lunch the next day. Just make sure you store the food correctly to avoid food poisoning.

 

Nothing’s Too Small

You might think that a tiny piece of leftover cheese, a few peas or one solitary tomato isn’t worth keeping. But little odds and ends like these are perfect for adding to homemade curries, stews or pizzas.

 

For more inspiration, visit: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

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Nigerian Government Fights Food Waste and Use of Plastics

As Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, raised the alarm on the environmental impact of the wastage of food Nigerians prepare, the federal government announced it would implement a ban on the use of plastic bags in the country beginning from January next year.

Speaking through his deputy, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, at the opening of this year’s World Environment Day in Ikeja, Fashola noted that Nigeria’s daily food wastage had occurred to the detriment of environmental wellness, contributing greatly to global warming across the world. According to Fashola, ‘The staggering amount of food wasted in the country is wholly unacceptable and a huge drain on the country’s precious resources. Wasting food just makes no sense in a resource constrained world; economically, environmentally and ethically, and this wastage occurs because many producers, retailers and consumers discard food that is still fit for human consumption in the country that is why Nigerians must make informed choices in buying and consuming.’

The governor commented that food wastage ‘also leads to squandering of resources such as fertilisers, pesticides and fuel used for transportation. The vast amount of food going to landfills, thus creating more methane, which makes a significant contribution to the current global warming. Methane is the most harmful greenhouse gases that contribute to the climate change. And when the climate is affected, it will affect food production in the country especially in a country like ours where agriculture plays a major role in the economy.’

Meanwhile, at this year’s World Environment Day celebration in Abuja, Minister of Environment Mrs. Hadza Mailafia explained that the federal government would replace the nylon bags with paper bags. She noted that plastic bags have been associated with numerous hazards to human wellbeing, and environmental wellness, as they could stay in the soil for several years –contaminating and destroying the environment. The upcoming implementation of paper bags, on the other hand, could reduce this impact, as paper bags can easily decompose after being dumped. The minister appealed to Nigerians for understanding, adding that sensitisation campaigns would be carried out between now and the end of the year before the commencement of the ban in January.

Categories: Food Waste, Nigeria, plastic bags