Sainsbury's hands Derbyshire town £1m to tackle food waste

Supermarket will work with families in Swadlincote to trial ideas such as growing mushrooms in coffee and artificial 'noses' that sniff out food spoilage

Swadlincote, a market town in south Derbyshire, has won 1m from Sainsbury's to invest in finding ways to halve household food waste.

The supermarket will work with community groups and the local council next year to test ideas such as growing mushrooms in used coffee grounds, using artificial "noses" that detect whether food is safe to eat and introducing community cook-ups to find new ways of using unwanted food.