Page 10 - Eco-Schools Wales Newsletter, Spring 1 2023 - english

Food Waste

MyRecyclingWales calculates that Here are some examples where we

4.4 million tonnes of avoidable can see how innovative and creative
household food waste is being we can be by taking waste products

thrown away each year, at an average and turning it into something valuable.

annual cost of £470 per UK family.

Along with the financial waste, the 1. Rubies in the Rubble are a company

energy and resources that have gone that make condiments from mis-
into producing and transporting this shapen fruit and vegetables that

food are also sadly all in vain, creating wouldn’t otherwise make it to the

excess pressure on our planet that supermarket shelves.
could be avoided.

2. Imperfect or over ripe bananas

Some simple ways to reduce the that would typically be rejected for

waste of edible food could be to… export are given a second chance by
• better plan our meals Barnana, who turn them into a variety

• make sure we don’t buy too of tasty snacks.

much food
• prepare only what’s needed 3. Citrus fruits are healthy and tasty,

• make good use of the freezer and the worldwide production of
these fruits are steadily increasing.

However, there will still be waste However, processing that fruit into
that’s produced, whether that’s from juices for example, also generates

inedible parts of vegetables or meats huge amounts of waste. In Italy alone,

at home, or higher up in the food up to 700,000 tonnes of orange peels
production system. So, what can be are produced each year.

done about this?

OrangeFiber have grasped this

by-product and taken food waste

innovation to the next level to create
their sustainable fabrics!