Britons throw away 1.4m edible bananas each day, figures show
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#2PFBB)
Government study says 80m worth is discarded every year - sometimes simply because of a minor bruise or black mark
Britons routinely bin 1.4m edible bananas every day at a cost of 80m a year, figures reveal.
A third of consumers (30%) admit to discarding a banana if it has even a minor bruise or black mark on the skin. More than one in 10 (13%) also throw the fruit away if it shows any green on the skin.
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