Clonakilty is ready to waste not, want not to go green

'We say there’s no need to bring anything to the hotel in the line of wedding favours – flip-flops, balloons. We have suggestions such as seed packets, or a little jar of local honey.'

Pam McNulty at her allotment at the Women's Shed in Clonakilty, West Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

A West Cork town is aiming to address the pervasive issue of food loss with their ‘Waste Not, Want Not’ campaign, writes Helen O’Callaghan

Every week you compile a conscious shopping list, buying only what you know you’ll use. You compost vegetable peelings and used teabags. You gift unwanted, unopened food items to friends who’ll use them.