Love Food Hate Waste passing the message on. Marion Homer Local Partnership Advisor Team Leader

Transcription

1 Love Food Hate Waste passing the message on Marion Homer Local Partnership Advisor Team Leader

2 Today's training Passing the message on What s in it for you Love Food Hate Waste - how it all began Love Food Hate Waste - tips and advice What are the retailers doing? Passing it on

3 Passing the message on During the training try and think of ways that you can pass the messages on to share the benefits: either in your workplace in your community with family and friends

4 What s in it for you? Save money Ideas for helping reduce food waste at home Help the environment Feel good factor Contribute towards your organisation s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ideas for helping reduce food waste at work Help your local community

5 Free resources for you Trainer support handbook Copy of the fun activities Today s resources on a memory stick Access to our partners site for posters, ready-made articles & case studies etc.. Monthly newsletter

6 How are others supporting Love Food Hate Waste?

7 Sure Start We have also worked with Sure Start centres who have enthusiastically adopted LFHW into their existing lifestyle and awareness work.

8 LFHW Fans - food swapping! Debbie Lee and Habiba Ahmed are big fans of Love Food Hate Waste and have started food swapping at work to ensure that any unwanted food doesn t go to waste - in the late autumn Debbie brought lots of cooking apples from her parents garden which she offered to the whole office.

9 Wokingham Learning Disability Using LFHW, developed their own suite of materials and we codelivered a session to staff and clients. Thank you for supporting the workshop It has been a really interesting subject to work on and I have learnt a lot myself. All of the support workers took away the training pack so that will be really useful for them when doing follow up work with their clients.

10 Tania Thorn, resident: I live on a canal towpath that gets very busy with walkers, so I simply put up a Noticeboard outside my house, next to the path and put Love Food Hate Waste posters on it. It's amazing how many people stop and read it.

11 So why do we need a food waste campaign?

12 Love Food Hate Waste: how it began WRAP launched Love Food Hate Waste in 2007 to help UK households recognise and tackle the issue of food waste

13 UK food and drink waste in the UK is around 15 Million tonnes * This covers part of the profit sector, and schools; ** incl. other parts of the hospitality and food service sector, other out of home food waste, and pre-factory gate food waste. NB data for household also includes waste to

14 Household food and drink waste in the UK Total food and drink waste 7m tonnes Avoidable Possibly Avoidable Unavoidable 4.2m tonnes 1.2m tonnes 1.6m tonnes

15 Household food and drink waste in the UK Avoidable 4.2m tonnes Prepared, served, or cooked too much Not used in time

16 Household food and drink waste All types of food and drink are thrown away. The most prominent by weight are; Fresh vegetables and salad drink fresh fruit bakery

17 EACH DAY in the UK, we throw away around 5.8m potatoes 1.4m bananas 1.5m sausages 1.1m eggs

18 Environmental Impact Producing, storing and transporting food to us uses up a lot of energy and resources The equivalent of 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year If we were to stop wasting food it would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off UK roads

19 Environmental Impact Sending food to landfill generates methane which is one of the most harmful greenhouse gases

20 Financial impact UK householders are throwing away 12.5 billion worth of good food and drink every year. 470 per avg household per year 290 per single person household 700 per household with children per year Savings of up to 60 a month

21 What are the retailers doing?

22 What is the Courtauld Commitment? A voluntary agreement between WRAP and individual retailers and brands to improve resource efficiency and reduce the carbon and wider environmental impact of the grocery retail sector.

23 49 retailers and brands including

24 Practical Tips and Advice

25 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

26 It pays to plan

27 Planning top tips Include a store cupboard meal e.g.. tuna pasta bake so there s no food waste if your plans change. BOGOF and end of day bargains are great as long as you make sure you use them, freeze them or share with your family and friends. Use a black marker pen to write the year on the top of all of your canned food. You can then see at a glance what is oldest and needs using first. Think ahead about how to use up leftovers to make food go further, e.g. roast chicken on Sunday, chicken curry on Monday or freeze the chicken for another day.

28 LFHW Shopping List and Meal Planners

29 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

30 Know your dates

31 Dates top tips Keep a container in the fridge with food that needs using up first. Get into the habit of regularly checking use by dates on food you have at home to make sure you use it in time. Always buy food with longest use by date. Remember that eggs have a best before date but should be used by that date. For store cupboard foods, remember to keep the oldest dates at the front to use them up first.

32 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

33 Savvy storage

34 Storage top tips Old takeaway trays are great for leftovers. Fruit and veg, like carrots, peppers and apples, are best kept in the bag they come in, in the fridge, as it keeps them fresher for longer. A shrink-wrapped cucumber for example will last around three times longer than a non-shrink-wrapped one. Turn opened jars of pesto and tomato puree upside down to get the most out of them.

35 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

36 The freezer is your friend

37 Freezer top tips Remember to label containers and bags you put in freezer with contents and date. Tomato puree and pesto can be frozen in ice cube trays. Chopped onions, peppers, chopped herbs and cheese can all be used straight from the freezer. Only enough left for one person? Freeze it and when you have enough hold a fun free food night. Defrost all the meals, reheat and enjoy an evening with meals to suit all tastes. An ice cube of milk thawed is just enough for a cup of tea. Freezers tend to operate more efficiently if they are at least ¾ full.

38 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

39 Fresher for longer

40 Helping consumers buy the right amount

41 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

42 Perfect portions

43 Portions top tips An empty clean yoghurt or cream pot makes a handy measuring tool for rice and porridge. Let people serve themselves - any leftover food in the serving bowl can be used another day. Use party food portions on lovefoodhatewaste.com for those occasions when you are cooking for more than usual. Freeze very small portions of leftover veg until you have enough to make a delicious soup.

44 Behaviours Planning ahead Understanding dates Storing food correctly Making full use of the freezer Understanding the value of packaging Getting the right portion size (for you!) Using up leftovers

45 Lovely leftovers

46 Leftovers top tips Leftovers from the previous night s meal can make the perfect free lunch. Not sure when you re going to use it? Pop it in the freezer to use up another day. Make breadcrumbs out of crusts mixed with grated cheese - freeze to make a perfect topping for cottage pie. Use the last little bit of chutney in the jar to make a delicious cheese on toast treat. Delay a shopping trip - look what's in your cupboards. If you check the fridge, freezer and cupboard before you go shopping you ll probably be able to make another meal.

47 Don t forget our fantastic recipe bank!

48 What can you do with the food you can t eat?

49 Recycle what you can t eat Either compost your uncooked fruit, veg and more Composting at home is an inexpensive, natural process that transforms your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient rich food for your garden. Composting at home for just one year can save global warming gases equivalent to all the CO2 your kettle produces annually, or your washing machine produces in three months.

50 To summarise. Check with your local council for more details on your local service

51 What next?

52 Partner Resources Images and photos Ready-made articles Pack for running a LFHW day at work Downloadable recipe cards, leaflets Monthly/seasonal themes to tie in with Pack for retailers / food on the go

53 Quick and easy ideas Download our Love Food Hate Waste app Follow us on Like our Facebook page Signup for our newsletter

54 A little bit more Tell all your family, friends and colleagues about LFHW Use the activities at a regular gathering (e.g. church) Use our ready-made articles from our partners site Run a LFHW day/week at work Hold a waste-free lunch or dinner party Organise food swapping at work or in your local community Incorporate our advice into your existing support work Give out information at a local event (e.g., school fair)

55 Next Steps Planning Exercise: As a group discuss what actions you will take to pass on the LFHW messages e.g.: Run an activity session Information on your intranet Article in a staff newsletter Set up an information stand Fit these into your Implementation Plan provided

56 Getting people involved be positive and friendly use we not you, e.g. we all waste food share your own experience show food at its best, not its worst emphasise personal benefits, e.g. financial, time saving

57 Thank you Welcome to Love Food Hate Waste!