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?

Latest figures from the European Commission's data analysis wing Eurostat show that households are the biggest culprit, being responsible for more than half, or 70kg per inhabitant - a similar weight to a fully-grown adult. File picture

The likes of discarded bread, vegetables, fruit, and meat has led to 127kgs of food wasted per person across the EU annually.

Latest figures from the European Commission's data analysis wing Eurostat show that households are the biggest culprit, being responsible for more than half, or 70kg per inhabitant - a similar weight to a fully-grown adult. 

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