Reducing food waste could save you €1000 per year

ANYONE want to save €1,000 per year, asks Donal Hickey
Reducing food waste could save you €1000 per year

That’s the cost of food waste to some households. As the world struggles to feed an ever-growing population, renewed efforts are being made to reduce such waste. At the same time, ironically, studies show one-in-10 people in Ireland suffers from some form of food poverty.

Latest figures from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) show at least 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted globally every year, in the field, during transport, in storage, in restaurants, markets, and homes.

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