Your Household s Food and Drink Waste Diary. 24th - 30th May 2012

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1 Your Household s Food and Drink te Diary 24th - 30th May 2012

2 Please start here! Please provide the following information so we can send the 50 to you upon completion of the project. TITLE Please mark with a cross Mr X Mrs X Miss X Ms X (write in) FIRST NAME SURNAME ADDRESS POSTCODE TELEPHONE NUMBER MOBILE NUMBER NUMBER OF ADULTS (18 YEARS & OVER) IN HOUSEHOLD NUMBER OF CHILDREN (11-17 YEARS) IN HOUSEHOLD NUMBER OF CHILDREN (10 YEARS & UNDER) IN HOUSEHOLD HOW MANY OF THE ADULTS (AGED 18 YEARS+) IN THE HOUSEHOLD FALL WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES? Please write in the relevant number FULL-TIME WORKER HOMEMAKER/HOUSEWIFE PART-TIME WORKER RETIRED SELF-EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (LOOKING FOR WORK) UNPAID / VOLUNTARY WORKER (E.G. CHARITY) LONG-TERM SICK / DISABLED STUDENT OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) Please return this completed booklet (including this page) in the freepost envelope provided to Exodus Research by 11th June 2012 (see the back cover for details).

3 Please Read! Welcome to your household s food and drink waste diary Please read these tips and advice carefully as they will help you complete the diary. Firstly, thank you very much for agreeing to take part in this important research for WRAP, the UK government-funded organisation that promotes recycling and waste prevention. For more information on WRAP, please visit the website This research will help us to understand what types of food and drink are thrown away and why. You can really help us by fi lling the diary in as fully as possible for everything you throw away, no matter what it is or how much. To help everyone in your household remember to write down all the food and drink that gets thrown away during the week, stick the magnet somewhere in your kitchen. Included in your pack there is also a measuring jug for estimating the food or drink waste and a pen for completing the diary; these items are yours to keep and use after the week. It s really important that you write down all the food and drink that is thrown away: by all the people in your household; no matter what it is - even if it is food which normally is not eaten, such as vegetable peelings, used teabags or bones; no matter what the reason is for it being thrown away; no matter how much or how little is thrown away; in your home only (so not what you throw away at school, work or in a restaurant); in the dustbin, in the food, home composted, thrown down the sink or drain or fed to birds or animals. If it ended up in one of these, we need to know about it!

4 Things to remember: Start your diary on Thursday 24th May and fi nish at the end of Wednesday 30th May Do what you would normally; so if you normally clear out your fridge or cupboards after a weekly shopping trip or housekeeping, carry on as usual and record these items in the diary. Remember, no-one is judging what your household throws away so don t worry that you re throwing away too much. If anything unusual occurs - for example, if you had a party or were ill - please provide details in the daily comments and thoughts table. Describe the waste as fully as possible, fi lling in all of the required boxes on each row. Where there is a mixture, the ingredients as fully as possible, e.g. homemade chicken stew with 2 Tesco medium carrots, ASDA SmartPrice chicken thigh fi llets and 2 Sainsbury Taste the Difference Maris Piper potatoes or a cup of tea with splash of Cravendale semi skimmed milk and two teaspoons of sugar. This level of detail will help us to work out the overall costs associated with food waste more accurately. Do not record any food or drink waste disposed of outside of the home for example, at school, work or in a restaurant. However, if you throw away uneaten food from a school lunch box or takeaway in your household waste please record this. If any member of your household does grocery shopping on any day, please record the approximate amount spent. Please do not include any purchases of food or drink consumed outside of the home (such as a morning takeaway pastry or a lunchtime salad at work) Don t leave any pages blank, so if there is no food waste to record, tick one of the reasons at the top of the page. Use the extra tables at the end of this booklet if you run out of space. Don t include food purchased with the intention of being fed to animals, such as pet food. However, if the item was bought for human consumption but then fed to a pet or wildlife, please record it. Although it is best to record the waste as it occurs, you or other household members may occasionally fi nd it useful to put your waste aside until you can record it in the diary.

5 How to measure the amount of food and drink waste that is thrown away It is really important that the amount of waste thrown away is recorded as accurately as possible: Do not include any packaging or containers that the food or drink is in weighing it. Use the measuring jug to help you, or use your own scales or other measuring containers. Remember to write in the unit that you re using, eg. litre teaspoon, dessert spoon, table spoon gramme flat handful, heaped handful ounce cup, tumbler, wine glass, bowl pint the number of items (e.g. 2 whole carrots, half a loaf, 5 bacon rashers) Volume (litre, pint, oz) Weight (g, oz) A tablespoon A Heaped Handful Number (1 apple) We need to know about it all! On some occasions, you might think a tiny bit of yoghurt left in the bottom of the pot is not worth recording. However, that bit of yoghurt thrown away by your household will be multiplied up to estimate the amount thrown away by all households in the UK; so please be sure to write everything that is disposed of, otherwise our results will not be accurate. Thank you for your help At the end of the week, please return the entire booklet in the enclosed freepost envelope (no stamp required) by 11th June We will then telephone you to ask you some more questions. You will then be entitled to the 50 worth of shopping vouchers as a thank-you for your time. If you are unsure about anything at all, please call our Diary Support Team on (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 7.00pm and Saturday 10.00am to 4.00pm, calls are free from a landline) and we ll be pleased to help. Exodus Research is a full member of the Market Research Society. You and your household will not be identified by this research and all your responses will be kept confidential and only shared anonymously with WRAP. No-one else will contact you as a result of the information that you provide in this diary.

6 Example of completed entries Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Can t eat used teabags My son knocked the box off the table and it spilled everywhere. About half went on the floor and had to be thrown away I mixed up the usual amount but my daughter didn't want to drink it all If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) What? Type? How was it originally Pack the Porridge Oat so Simple sweet cinnamon made with skimmed milk Rind from a rasher of bacon Tesco Finest, smoked streaky Bread crusts from a toasted slice of Hovis white medium sliced loaf Apples, Asda Smartprice Braeburns Pack of 10 X Half a bowl X X X X X sachets Pack of 8 rashers I was in a hurry to get to work so didn t have time to finish it all 3g I am trying to eat less fat Crusts X X X X X X 800g loaf X X from one X X X X X slice My daughter doesn t like eating bread crusts Bag of 8 3 cores We ate everything but the cores X bags X X X X X PG tips tea bags used Box of 80 3 used Cereal (Kellogg s Frosties) 450g box 100g Cow and gate follow on milk stage 3 (made with water) X X X X X X 990g tin X X 50ml X X X X X Need help? Call our diary support team on

7 Example of completed entries Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the Everyone at work or school

8 Example of completed entries Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the Tesco finest pork sausages X X X X X X Pack of 10 X X 2 sausages X X X X X These were too burnt to eat Birds Eye quarter pounder beef burgers with onion Mash made from 5 large Tesco desiree potatoes and Cravendale whole milk and Anchor butter McDonalds chicken nuggets 4 pack at X One burger X X X X X 450g 1kg potatoes, 1 About 2 X X X X X X litre milk, 200g butter block tablespoons X X X X X X Box of 6 X X 3 nuggets X X X X X Not cooked on BBQ; didn t want to risk refreezing it I put my food down to answer the phone and the dog ate it Husband bought these on way home for the kids and they didn t get eaten ASDA chosen by you microwave vegetable curry Cauliflower cheese made with fresh cauliflower, Tesco semiskimmed milk, Cathedral City cheddar cheese Coca cola and Smirnoff vodka made up as a glass Potato peelings (for the mash above) 3 X X X X X X 500g 1x lg cauli, X X X X X X 500g cheese, X X a 24cm X X X X X 4 pints milk 2ltr bottle X X X X X X Coke, 1 ltr X X 100ml X X X X X bottle vodka tablespoons Half of casserole dish From 5 X X X X X X As above potatoes Did not want as much as was in the portion size Didn t all get eaten don t fancy saving it for another meal as it didn t taste that great Went flat before it was finished Potatoes were too old to cook with skins on Need help? Call our diary support team on

9 date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Bought these a few weeks ago and forgot about them. Now gone past use-by date I was clearing out my fridge to put away today s shopping. This looked dry and congealed as the lid wasn t put on properly Example of completed entries All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) What? Type? How was it originally Pack the Yoghurt pot (Activia) strawberry Pack of 4 X 2x 125g pot X X X X X 125g pots 1/3 of a Jar Hellmann s light mayonnaise 800g jar jar ASDA chosen by you garlic and herb dressing Chilli con carne made from quorn mince, half a tin of Napolina red kidney beans, a tin of Waitrose chopped tomatoes, a teaspoon of cumin and 160g of Sainsbury s medium range rice Home-made vegetable soup (carrots, potatoes and onions) 240ml 1/4 of a jar This had gone mouldy Quorn 500g X 250ml X X X X X bag, 400g tin tomatoes and beans, rice=1kg bag, X X X X X X cumin 35g jar Don t know X X X X X X neighbour X X 75ml X X X X X made it I cooked this for a family meal a couple of day s ago and cooked too much. As it has been in the fridge for some time I didn t want to risk eating it Neighbour gave us this but no-one here likes the taste Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below The food waste at supper was more than usual because we were having a home-cooked meal and my husband forgot and bought the kids McDonalds. I m not sure if you can keep leftover fast food for another day?? I went shopping today so had a bit of a clear out of my fridge/cupboards. Lunch was not eaten at home because we were all at work/school. Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. Amount spent: 97 This page is here to show you the level of detail we would like to know. It s important that you give as much detail as possible on the brand, ingredients and amount. Need help? Call our diary support team on

10 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 1 Thursday 24 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

11 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 1 Thursday 24 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

12 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 1 Thursday 24 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

13 DAY 1 Thursday 24 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. Amount spent: Even things you can t eat? Yes. Teabags, banana skins, fish bones - we want to know about them all! Need help? Call our diary support team on

14 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 2 Friday 25 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

15 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 2 Friday 25 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

16 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 2 Friday 25 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

17 DAY 2 Friday 25 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. It may only be half a Remember to write Amount spent: it down! biscuit, but if 25 million households throw it out, that s a lot of biscuits! Need help? Call our diary support team on

18 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 3 Saturday 26 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

19 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 3 Saturday 26 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

20 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 3 Saturday 26 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

21 DAY 3 Saturday 26 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. If they ate it, we need to know! Amount spent: Need help? Call our diary support team on

22 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 4 Sunday 27 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

23 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 4 Sunday 27 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

24 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 4 Sunday 27 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

25 DAY 4 Sunday 27 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. Don t forget the drinks! Amount spent: Need help? Call our diary support team on

26 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 5 Monday 28 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

27 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 5 Monday 28 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

28 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 5 Monday 28 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

29 DAY 5 Monday 28 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. Amount spent: Every crumb of detail! Completeness and accuracy is vital if we are to build a complete picture of food and drink waste across the country. Need help? Call our diary support team on

30 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 6 Tuesday 29 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

31 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 6 Tuesday 29 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

32 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 6 Tuesday 29 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

33 DAY 6 Tuesday 29 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. How will you......spend your 50 shopping vouchers? Amount spent: Need help? Call our diary support team on

34 Breakfast date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 7 Wednesday 30 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

35 Midday Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 7 Wednesday 30 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

36 Evening Meal date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy DAY 7 Wednesday 30 May 2012 If no food or drink waste, please say why: All food consumed X Meal not eaten at home X (write in) the

37 DAY 7 Wednesday 30 May 2012 All Food/Drink te (e.g. from clearing out cupboards/fridge/freezer or from snacks) the date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Daily Comments & Thoughts Please tell us about any unusual circumstances today or your thoughts on food and drink waste below Any household food or drink shopping today? Please write in an approximate amount spent on groceries today. Exclude food and drink purchased for consumption while at work, school or out and about. Amount spent: Thank you! You re all finished. All that s left to do now is to send us your diary in the freepost envelope provided - more details are on the back cover. Why not take a moment to check back over your diary to see if there s anything you missed? Need help? Call our diary support team on

38 Overflow Pages Please use this sheet to record anything you didn t have space for Date? Which day did you throw away this food or drink waste on? What? or drink waste including brand Type? How was it originally Pack the it was thrown away date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Need help? Call our diary support team on

39 Overflow Pages Please use this sheet to record anything you didn t have space for Date? Which day did you throw away this food or drink waste on? What? or drink waste including brand Type? How was it originally Pack the it was thrown away date, cooked/ too much, didn t taste nice, didn t fancy Need help? Call our diary support team on

40 Thank you for your time Please ensure that you have fully completed the information boxes on the inside front cover, as we need this information to send you your 50 shopping vouchers. Please return your completed diary by 11th June 2012 using the freepost envelope provided or to the freepost address below (no stamp required): Exodus Market Research Freepost (SWB1735) Weston Super Mare BS24 0ZZ