Doggy bags to pig feed: 10 things we learned about food waste

A panel of experts joined us online to talk about preventing and getting value from food waste. Here's what we learned

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In the UK alone, 15m tonnes of food is lost or wasted each year, with consumers chucking away 4.2m tonnes of edible food. The foods most commonly found in British bins are bread, vegetables, fruit and milk. If food waste sent an annual bill, the average household would be looking at 470, or 700 for families with children.