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<p>The nation wastes more than one million meals every single day. Picture: iStock</p>

advice

Life Hack: Four easy ways to reduce food waste and save hundreds of meals each year

If just 10 households reduced their food waste by 25%, it could save around 650 meals each year.

<p>Irish households generate around 220,000 tonnes of waste, with bread and bakery items making up 42% of that. The average household throws out 120kg of food each year, though a significant amount of this food is suitable for consumption</p>

outdoors

Donal Hickey: Food waste is a big problem for our pockets and for the planet

<p>Should we make all farming organic or focus on intensifying production in specific areas and rewild the rest? It’s a trade-off that pits land sparing against land sharing</p>

outdoors

Michelle McKeown: Can we feed the world and save it too?

Carving a greener path in addressing pumpkin waste in Ireland

outdoors

Carving a greener path in addressing pumpkin waste in Ireland

Cooking, Food waste, Composting at Home

economy

How Ireland can stop wasting a million meals a day

More than 1bn meals thrown away daily while 730m people live in hunger

news

More than 1bn meals thrown away daily while 730m people live in hunger

How to make Gino D’Acampo’s creamy risotto and easy pasta salad

How to make Gino D’Acampo’s creamy risotto and easy pasta salad

The TV chef is on a mission to stop home cooks from wasting so much food.

Wed, 20 Mar, 2024

Crispy chilli rice with fried egg recipe

Lunch to Go: This crispy chilli rice recipe is ready in 20 minutes and perfect for lunch

Use up extra cooked rice with this tasty recipe

Fri, 16 Feb, 2024

Caitríona Redmond: Here's how to save money on your grocery bills this year

Caitríona Redmond: Here's how to save money on your grocery bills this year

Plus — Caitríona Redmond's chocolate and caramel banana bread recipe

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024

Diners need less food on plates to cut waste, says minister

Diners need less food on plates to cut waste, says minister

Agriculture Minister said overloaded plates in food outlets 'really grates with me and really annoys me'

Fri, 05 Jan, 2024

Irish households among the biggest food wasters in Europe, new figures show

Irish households among the biggest food wasters in Europe, new figures show

Irish households contribute early 221,000 tonnes of food waste, costing about €60 a month

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Reduce food waste and save money with this tasty broccoli stem tacos recipe

Reduce food waste and save money with this tasty broccoli stem tacos recipe

Prudence Wade talks to plant-based chef Max La Manna about why we should be cooking the whole fruit or vegetable – even the banana peel

Wed, 05 Apr, 2023

BiaSol: Delicious nutrition from upcycled food waste

BiaSol: Delicious nutrition from upcycled food waste

Siblings Niamh and Ruairi Dooley take a waste product from the brewing industry and upcycle it into a new food that is delicious and nutritious

Fri, 11 Nov, 2022

Food waste: What are the most common items we dump in our bins?

Food waste: What are the most common items we dump in our bins?

Recent research shows bread is the most commonly discarded item (62%), while fresh veg (55%), fresh fruit (52%), dairy (31%), and meat (27%) round out the top five

Thu, 27 Oct, 2022

Birthday cake in chocolate with strawberries, blueberries and garnet on white wooden table.

Michelle Darmody: Easy recipes for using up leftover bread

Stale bread — a most versatile ingredient

Sun, 18 Sep, 2022

Girl taking raw food from refrigerator

Consumer Corner: Reducing food waste can cut costs for your household

Do you know your food wastage footprint? Shop smarter and boost your sustainability credentials with these tips

Wed, 08 Jun, 2022

Derval O'Rourke: Learn to love your freezer and you'll reduce food waste and save money

Derval O'Rourke: Learn to love your freezer and you'll reduce food waste and save money

The average Irish household throws out approximately €700 worth of food each year

Mon, 16 May, 2022

Fed up with food waste? FoodCloud can help

Fed up with food waste? FoodCloud can help

Social enterprise FoodCloud wants to help us meet the UN target to cut food waste by half by 2030. Caroline Hennessy talks to the company's award-winning CEO Iseult Ward

Wed, 11 May, 2022

Where we get our energy: A solution that cuts food waste while creating energy

Where we get our energy: A solution that cuts food waste while creating energy

Rather than paying subsidies to farmers who cannot earn a proper living rearing cattle, green entrepreneur Billy Costello suggests decarbonising all transport in Ireland 'tomorrow'

Mon, 03 Jan, 2022

Cooking, Food waste, Composting at Home

Irish Examiner View: We need to start tackling food waste

Buying mindfully means only purchasing the food we need.

Tue, 28 Dec, 2021

The Menu: One of the rarest Irish whiskeys in the world is up for auction with a €40k reserve

The Menu: One of the rarest Irish whiskeys in the world is up for auction with a €40k reserve

— and pick up a few fresh loaves from the Pavilion Garden Centre cafe in Cork

Sat, 06 Nov, 2021

Darina Allen: Homemade Bounty bars and a taste of the future at Food on the Edge

Darina Allen: Homemade Bounty bars and a taste of the future at Food on the Edge

Plus a veggie curry and a seasonal squash recipe

Sat, 06 Nov, 2021

Joyce Fegan: How to stop festive food waste and dish up Christmas crackers with leftovers

Joyce Fegan: How to stop festive food waste and dish up Christmas crackers with leftovers

Joyce Fegan chats to Darina Allen, who is passionate about ending food waste. the chef urges people to be more mindful about their food and suggests alternatives to binning leftovers

Sun, 20 Dec, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Let's be proactive about food waste

Irish Examiner View: Let's be proactive about food waste

It seems much easier to be sanctimonious about food waste and its immoral, climate-destroying consequences than it is to do anything real to curb what surely must be the very epitome of a first-world problem.

Wed, 18 Nov, 2020

Food waste costs Irish households €700 per year

Food waste costs Irish households €700 per year

Bread is one of the main foods that people throw away, research by the EPA found

Tue, 17 Nov, 2020

Food companies in Munster join forces in drive to reduce waste

Food companies in Munster join forces in drive to reduce waste

Food businesses in Munster are committing to reduce food waste with the use of 100 compostable boxes to be provided free to participants.

Wed, 06 Nov, 2019

Here's how much Irish households spend on food that is thrown out

Here's how much Irish households spend on food that is thrown out

Today sees the launch of a series of mini-cookery programmes aiming to help guide and encourage people to plan meals more efficiently in order to prevent food waste.

Fri, 16 Nov, 2018

Stepehn Cadogan: Time to get to grips with our food-wasting habits

Stepehn Cadogan: Time to get to grips with our food-wasting habits

Ireland generates two tonnes of food waste every minute, said Communications, Climate Action and Environment Minister Denis Naughten last week, as he outlined climate change mitigation and adaptation steps to reduce greenhouse gases, aiming for a low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally-sustainable economy by the end of 2050.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2016

Food waste: We need to think differently about what we put in the bin

Food waste: We need to think differently about what we put in the bin

 

Sat, 13 Aug, 2016

Reducing food waste could save you €1000 per year

Reducing food waste could save you €1000 per year

ANYONE want to save €1,000 per year, asks Donal Hickey

Mon, 25 Jul, 2016

Shoppers throw out €400 a year in food waste

Shoppers throw out €400 a year in food waste

Irish shoppers throw away on average €400 a year in food waste.

Tue, 31 May, 2016

Everyone has role to play in eliminating food waste

Everyone has role to play in eliminating food waste

Food-waste bins are bulging after Christmas, while retail stores are calculating the amount of edible product left on their shelves after the big shopping spree.

Fri, 01 Jan, 2016