{"id":65713,"date":"2025-03-18T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=65713"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:22:51","slug":"food-waste-action-week-but-loose-fruit-and-veg-to-save-food-from-the-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/food-waste-action-week-but-loose-fruit-and-veg-to-save-food-from-the-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste Action Week; buy loose fruit and veg to reduce food being thrown away \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s Food Waste Action Week and one simple way consumers can reduce the amount of food they throw away is to buy loose fruit and veg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again Recycle Devon isupporting Love Food Hate Waste\u2019s Food Waste Action Week, which runs until March 23 – it’s the the flagship annual event delivered by WRAP\u2019s <\/strong>Love Food Hate Waste<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign helps households develop the tools they need to cut food waste at home. This year, Food Waste Action Week will continue to focus\u202fon raising awareness of the benefits of buying loose fruit and veg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With food waste costing on average \u00a31,000 for a household of four every year, F<\/strong>ood Waste Action Week will help shoppers to save money and waste less food by shopping for loose produce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 46 per cent of the potatoes we buy, going to waste, Recycle Devon<\/strong> will be supporting Devon\u2019s residents to cut down on food waste and save money. Handy tips on how to create quick and easy recipes, how to make the best of leftovers and storage\/reheating advice will be provided throughout the week. The free recipe book is available at recycledevon.org<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WRAP\u2019s research has identified the potential to reduce household food waste by removing the packaging on uncut fresh fruit and veg, enabling us to buy closer to our needs as well as the \u2018bonus\u2019 benefit of eliminating a significant amount of unnecessary packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WRAP recently called for a packaging ban on 21 fruit and veg items, to be developed via a formal consultation process. This recommendation has been created in consultation with industry stakeholders from across the supply chain. Selling these 21 items loose has the potential to save in the region of 100,000 tonnes of edible fruit and vegetables from being wasted annually in people’s homes as well as saving 13,000 tonnes of plastic film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WRAP has identified that, to drive action across the whole UK food system and help overcome the challenges faced by industry, policy change would create a level playing field and unlock action that is essential to enabling people to choose what they\u2019ll use and buy more uncut fruit and veg loose. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Councillor Roger Croad, our Cabinet Member resposnible for Waste services, and Chair of Devon Authorities Strategic Waste Authoruty, said: “<\/p><\/div>\r\n \t\t

\u201cTogether, by choosing to buy loose fruit and veg where we can, we will reduce food waste and excess packaging and save on shopping bills too. Look out for the tips and advice from Recycle Devon and grab yourself a copy of the free downloadable recipe book.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n

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\r\n Councillor Roger Croad, Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities and Equality<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\n\n
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Jackie Bailey, Senior Campaign Manager Love Food Hate Waste, said: <\/p><\/div>\r\n \t\t

\u201cWe know buying loose fruit and veg has the potential to significantly cut the amount of food ending up in the bin \u2013 now is the time for retailers and shoppers to make that a reality. Increasing loose fruit and veg offerings in store will not only reduce hard to recycle plastics, it will also enable shoppers to buy closer to their needs, slashing waste and stopping tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n \r\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":859,"featured_media":59529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-and-climate-change","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"featured_image":{"ID":59529,"title":"Food waste","alt":"Pile of 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