Stop Food Waste: Top Tips from Too Good To Go Co-Founder

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00:00 Why do you think even despite the cost of living crisis that we find ourselves in at

00:05 the minute, there still continues to be waste and that's a crisis in itself, even though

00:11 people you would have thought would want to be saving where they can?

00:16 What we should be doing is using our senses, you know, looking, smelling and tasting food

00:21 once it's gone beyond its best before date rather than just throwing it in the bin.

00:27 It's been reported in new research that Brits waste up to 19.4 million food items every

00:32 single day.

00:33 That totals 135.8 million items a week.

00:36 And according to stopfoodwasteday.com, if food waste were a country, it would be the

00:40 third largest greenhouse gas emission producing country in the world.

00:45 With 33% of all food produced globally being wasted or lost every year, what are some top

00:51 tips that you can be aware of?

00:54 When we're reducing food waste, we're not only helping to save ourselves money, but

00:58 we're doing something which is positive for the environment.

01:00 So I like to think we can feel good at that same time as well.

01:05 One of the easiest and simple ways that we can reduce food waste and save a bit of money

01:11 at the same time is by loving our leftovers.

01:14 So you know that last night's bolognese could become tonight's lasagna.

01:22 But we can also make sure that we're not needlessly throwing food away.

01:26 So going back to this point about understanding best before dates, we can try and dramatically

01:32 reduce that 19.5 million meals which are being thrown away on a daily basis by just better

01:38 understanding best before dates.

01:40 And lastly, start utilising technologies that will enable people to save some money but

01:45 also reduce food waste at the same time.

01:48 But certainly I'm doing my best to try and hold myself to high standards when it comes

01:55 to reducing food waste.

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