Thread: Talking Rubbish!

Talking rubbish: Facts and figures

• 5.4 m The estimated number of tonnes of edible food British households throw away each year.
• 30m The number of malnourished people whose hunger could be alleviated by the bread British households bin each year.
• 84 The percentage of British households under the impression that they don't waste significant amounts of food.
• 43m The number of people at risk from food poverty in the EU.
• 923m The number of undernourished people in the world, according to a 2007 UN survey.
• 40% The estimated proportion of salad that British households throw away.
• 14bn The number of dollars of agricultural produce India wastes each year owing to its lack of infrastructure.
• 1.6m The estimated number of tonnes of food waste produced by British retailers each year.
• 59,625 Estimated amount in tonnes of food waste sent by Sainsbury's to landfill sites in 2007-8.
• 40% The estimated proportion of UK fruit and veg that supermarkets reject on cosmetic grounds.