Why Save Food
Your food does its job best when it's on a plate ready to be enjoyed. Saving food saves money and helps to slow down global warming and deforestation. Reducing the amount of food that ends up in the bin also means you can say goodbye to unnecessary packaging waste. If we all make a few small changes and start using up the food we buy, together we can make a big difference.
What’s in it for you? Use up what you buy and you could save your household £38 a month. If you are a family of four, you could be saving as much as £60 each month. Throwing good food away costs the average person in Scotland around £200 a year, and the average household £460. So there’s a huge opportunity for all of us to cut what we spend at the checkout simply by saving more of the food we buy from the bin... and it’s a lot easier than you might think!
Turning less food into rubbish can also make a real difference to the world around us – and that’s something we can all get on board with. Read on to find out more about why and how to be leaner and greener, and what you could do with the money you’d save.
“There’s a huge opportunity for all of us to cut what we spend at the checkout simply by saving more of the food we buy from the bin.”
Latest Articles
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Is your community-led organisation interested in applying for funding for a food waste reduction project from the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF)? If so, you are invited to find out more at CCF Information Surgeries.
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Zero Waste Scotland is offering community groups and charities the opportunity to attend a free workshop on food waste reduction on 24 August.
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Celebrity chef Prue Leith tells us all about her favourite leftovers, her top freezer foods and handy hints for desert island eating.
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See why it’s greener as well as leaner when we all do our bit together – with real benefits for our environment, now and for generations to come.
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We’ve taken a look at half a dozen of the reasons, macro and micro, for joining the battle to keep our food out of the bin.
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What would you do with a saving of £60 a month over the course of a year? Here are a few ideas for starters.
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What’s the point of saving more food? Because every mouthful matters. We’ve taken a personal look at what you and your family can do to save more.
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As a nation of serious cheese lovers, we know you’ll be hacked off to know how much of the stuff we throw in the bin each year. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Read on to find out how you can be a better friend to fromage.
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Making better use of domestic fridges and freezers can help food last longer resulting in less waste.
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Here are a few savoury ideas to inspire you to make pancakes a regular on your home menu.
