Food Waste Action Week 2025
- afpcoordinator
- Mar 18
- 1 min read
This year, the UK’s biggest annual food waste reduction campaign will run from 17 –23 March 2025; and our mission is simple - we want to get more and more people across the UK talking about why buying loose fruit and vegetables is better.
Why? Because our research shows that selling items loose (unpackaged), so that people can buy just the amount they need, is an effective way to reduce household food waste.
We buy a bag of potatoes. We eat half the bag. The rest? They end up in the bin. It’s an all too familiar pattern happening in kitchens across the UK. And it is crazy that the packaging makes us buy more than we need.
Our research shows that if all apples, bananas and potatoes were sold loose instead of in bags sold by weight, we could save 60,000 tonnes of food each year.
That’s 8.2 million shopping baskets!
For lots more tips on saving money and reducing waste check out the Smart Living webpages and social media.
Instagram: @smartliving.hcc
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