With so much in the news about the amount of food that gets thrown away it's worth just thinking for a moment about how we buy our food, store our food and use it. Firstly we shouldn't get too excited about all the headline grabbing numbers that have been thrown around. The findings they were supposedly objectively reporting spoke of 'up to half may be thrown away' which sounded far better as 'half of all food is thrown away' in a headline! Why do we throw away food? The most obvious reason is that it's gone off or is well past its sell-by or use-by date (be sensible, you don't need to throw it away the day after the sell-by date). So if the food has obviously 'gone off' you need to ditch it but why have you been keeping it for so long in the first place? We all keep far too much food in our cupboards and fridges which is one of the reasons why some of it will ultimately go to waste.
The days of having to hoard food are far gone. We have shops that are regularly stocked and easy to get to - they are our cupboards now and the produce is always fresh.
Just think about how much food you keep in at any one time and consider how much gets thrown away. You really can make a change in the way you buy and store food and it will have a positive impact on your wallet too. Next time you throw some food into the bin just imagine throwing the coins and notes in there instead.
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