Making household food waste reduction easier

It is estimated that 19% of our food is wasted, which amounts to over 1 billion tonnes every year1 — around 60% of this is generated by households2. This has negative consequences for both the climate and economy. For example, UK households generate around 6 million tonnes of food waste every year2, which results in 16 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and an estimated financial loss of £17 billion. A key target for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to halve household food waste by 2030. However, this is proving hard to achieve. For example, the UK is considered a leader in food waste reduction but in 2022, levels had only fallen by around 22% since 2007 (ref. 2)