There are no doubt lots of people currently in the first week of a post-Christmas diet. (I know a few people who are, and I'm not one of them...)
A lot of food is wasted all year round of course, but there is a particular problem around Christmas when we overpurchase and overindulge - throwing away over 200 000 tonnes of food...
This is also linked to the bad weather that we had recently. In many towns, there hasn't been a bin collection for some weeks due to the bad weather and the Christmas break.In some streets, there are disparities in collections where they lie on a boundary between local authorities.
(Some good cartoons by following that link too)
Food is a major household expense, and we could be saving lots of money. Tristam Stuart's book 'WASTE' develops the theme that was started in my work on the Geographies of Food. The website has a range of images to stimulate discussion about our food supply arrangements - are they sustainable ?
A lot of food is wasted all year round of course, but there is a particular problem around Christmas when we overpurchase and overindulge - throwing away over 200 000 tonnes of food...
This is also linked to the bad weather that we had recently. In many towns, there hasn't been a bin collection for some weeks due to the bad weather and the Christmas break.In some streets, there are disparities in collections where they lie on a boundary between local authorities.
(Some good cartoons by following that link too)
Food is a major household expense, and we could be saving lots of money. Tristam Stuart's book 'WASTE' develops the theme that was started in my work on the Geographies of Food. The website has a range of images to stimulate discussion about our food supply arrangements - are they sustainable ?
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