Transcript Resource Efficient Scotland Powerpoint

Food Waste
Growth that doesn’t cost the earth.
www.resourceefficientscotland.com
Love Food
• Food is essential for us to
live, but is also (mostly)
enjoyable. What’s your
favourite?
Hate Waste
• So why do we throw away so much of
it? So how much does the average
Scottish household throw away a
year?
• a. £110
• c. £470
b. £260
d. £1,010
Approximately how
much of the food
consumed in the UK
is grown here?
a. 5%
b. 20%
c. 50%
d. 100%
For example … Pizza
flour from the USA
5,400 miles
pineapple from Kenya
4,500 miles
olives from Greece
1,500 miles
black pepper from India
5000 miles
mozzarella cheese
and tomatoes from
Italy
1000 miles
Why worry about wasting
food?
a. Hydrogen
One
kilogram of
beef uses
15,500
litres
c. Methane
to be
produced
b. Oxygen
Each sheet
of A4 paper
uses 10 litres
d. Ammonia
of water to
be produced
What percentage of the UK’s
climate change emissions are
produced by the food
industry?
• a. 5%
b. 20%
• c. 50%
d. 100%
What can we do to help reduce
our food waste?
•
•
•
•
•
Planning
Dates
Storage
Portion sizes
Leftovers
What would you make for tea?
• Leftover cooked pasta from
last night
• Remains of cream in a pot
• 2 tomatoes
• A few florets of broccoli at
the back of the fridge
• A banana that’s going
black
What about the food that is not
edible?
• Composting;
o Fruit & Veg
peelings/cores
One
o Tea bags & coffee
kilogram of
grounds
rice uses
• Food waste collections
3500 litres
(where available);
to be
o Meat and fish
bones
produced.