More than a million meals wasted every day in Ireland

Most commonly wasted food type was found to be vegetables, making up 11% of total food waste, followed by bread which made up 9%.

Ireland is wasting more than one million meals a day, with 70% of food waste generated by food and drink businesses across the country.

Latest figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday show more than 750,000 tonnes of food waste was generated within Ireland in just one year.