Love Food Hate Waste… …passing the message on Ylva Haglund & Miriam Adcock

Love Food Hate Waste……passing the message on Ylva Haglund & Miriam Adcock Regional Partnership Managers

Love Food Hate Waste Insert title here • Insert text here – 20pt, regular WRAP launched Love Food Hate Waste in 2007 to help UK households recognise and tackle the issue of food waste In 2009, we carried out “The food we waste in Scotland” research. • text here – 20pt, regular • Insert text here – 20pt, regular

Household food and drink waste in the UK 7.2m tonnes Total food and drink waste Avoidable Possibly Avoidable Unavoidable 4.4m tonnes 1.4m tonnes 1.4m tonnes

Household food and drink waste in Scotland Avoidable 570,000 tonnes Prepared, served, or cooked too much Not used in time

Household food and drink waste (by weight)

EACH DAY in Scotland, we throw away around… Milk: 85,000 litres Bread: 68 tonnes Fizzy drinks: 63,000 litres Output of 1300 cows 110,000 loaves 165,000 cans Potatoes: 52 boxes Ready Meals: 38 tonnes 42,000 tatties 88,000 meals

Environmental Impact • Producing, storing and transporting food uses energy and resources • The equivalent to 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year • If we stopped wasting food it would be the equivalent to taking 1 in 4 cars off the road • Food in landfill generates methane -one of the most harmful greenhouse gases

Financial Impact • Scottish householders are throwing away £1 billion worth of good food and drink every year. • £430 per household per year • £550 per household with children per year • Savings of up to £35 a month

“It’s all the fault of the retailers”

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What is the Courtauld Commitment? A voluntary agreement aimed at improving resource efficiency and reducing the carbon and wider environmental impact of the UK grocery retail sector. And many more …

Courtauld Commitment targets: • To reduce the carbon impact of grocery packaging by 10% • To reduce UK household food and drink waste by 4% • To reduce grocery packaging waste in the supply chain by 5%

Helping consumers buy the right amount

Helping consumers keep food at its best

Practical Tips and Advice

Five Key Behaviours • It pays to plan • Know your dates • Savvy storage • Perfect portions • Lovely Leftovers

Your role … passing the message on …

Getting pupils involved … • ‘Ready Steady Cook’ for using up leftovers • Design a food waste poster • Games around topics e.g. guess how many portions, freezer game etc • Cooking lessons based around making 3 meals from a chicken • Do a food waste audit

Resources • Volunteer groups www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/volunteer • www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/partners • LFHW App • www.lovefoodhatewaste.com • Leaflets • www.recyclenow.com/schools/reduce/ (UK figures) • www.greenerscotland.org/eating-greener/resources • www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/ • http://appetiteforaction.org.uk/index.php

Curriculum for Excellence • Education Scotland website and leaflets; www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/f/foodidl.asp • www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/

Curriculum for Excellence • Technologies – TCH 0-02a; Within and beyond my place of learning, • I can reduce, re-use and recycle resources I use, to help care for the • environment. • NB. Using up leftovers, make as many meals from one food item • (e.g. a chicken) as possible. • Technologies – TCH 1-02a; Throughout my learning, I take • appropriate action to ensure conservation of materials and • resources, considering the impact of my actions on the environment. • NB. All the LFHW steps e.g. planning, storing, shopping etc. • Also TCH 2-02a, TCH 2-04a and TCH 2-11a

Curriculum for Excellence • Health and Wellbeing – HWB 2-36a; By investigating food • labelling systems, I can begin to understand how to use them to • make healthy food choices. • NB. Understand labelling in terms of use-by dates, best before etc. • Social Studies – SOC 2-08a; I can discuss the environmental • impact of human activity and suggest ways in which we can live • in a more environmentally-responsible way. • NB. Understand what happens to food waste in landfill and how to reduce • the amount of food going to landfill.

Thank you very much for your time https://www.facebook.com/#!/lovefoodhatewastescotland https://twitter.com/LFHW_UK www.lovefoodhatewaste.com Miriam – miriam.adcock@zerowastescotland.org.uk 07711 388901 Ylva – ylva.haglund@zerowastescotland.org.uk 07540 514599 Download the Love Food Hate Waste mobile app on Android; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lfhw.tabtesting or iPhone; http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/love-food-hate-waste/id348154861?mt=8 (NB. The iphone version is currently off-line whilst the new version is being uploaded – should be on there in the next few days). Insert title here – 32pt, bold

Love Food Hate Waste… …passing the message on Ylva Haglund & Miriam Adcock