Food waste

How to keep food fresh during a heatwave

How to stop food waste during the heatwave

As the UK bakes in record temperatures, so does the nuisance of fruit and vegetables turning bad and unpleasant odours coming from food waste hanging around on our kitchen countertops.

With the cost of living on the rise, reducing food waste has never been more important… So, from eggs to avocado, Rafaelle Rochira, refrigeration category manager, at home appliance brand Hotpoint , is...

The British rat population has increased by 25% over the Covid pandemic

Ratty Mondays: Why bin men dread the first day of the working week

Do you hate going to work on a Monday? Spare a thought for refuse collectors who dread Monday mornings as their rounds bring them in direct contact with Britain’s surging rat population.

That’s because they’re coming up against overfilled commercial and domestic bins that rats have had a chance to ransack for food, says a national waste and recycling company.

And with the...

The UK throws away over 9 ½ billion tonnes of food waste a year

The average UK family throws away £350 of food waste each year

Roast dinners, strawberries and cream, fish and chips – the UK is clearly a nation of food lovers.

But new figures show that we are also a nation of food wasters, with the average UK family throwing away around £350 of food each year.

Divert.co.uk , the food waste collection company that hates waste, thinks that it’s time for the UK to stop throwing away so much food and...