Wasted food has a major impact on climate change as most of it ends up in landfill sites where it rots and produces the greenhouse gas methane.

Here are some tips to help you reduce the amount of food waste you produce:

• plan your meals each week and use a shopping list to make sure you buy only the food you need
• storing food correctly can help extend its shelf life. For example, keeping fruit and vegetables (except bananas and pineapples) in the fridge can help them last up to two weeks longer
• understanding ‘best before’ and ‘use-by’ dates. Food can be eaten up to a ‘use-by’ date or frozen before it and kept for much longer. The ‘best before’ date is a measure of quality, so food can still be eaten after that date but it may not be at its very best
• use up your leftovers - Love Food Hate Waste has lots of recipes for leftover food and a portion planner
• try composting your food waste. Don't forget you can order a discounted compost bin from us