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With over 350,000 tonnes of food waste thrown away every year in Wales, Denbighshire County Council is supporting the first-ever campaign by Waste Awareness Wales encouraging us to reduce the amount of food we throw away. 

The new campaign, ‘love food hate waste / hoffi bwyd casau gwastraff’’ is supported by well-known chefs and food professionals, and is aiming to show just how much of our food waste could be used rather than thrown away.

The campaign is supported by Welsh chef Dudley Newbery, who will be in Cardiff and Bangor demonstrating quick and easy recipes using typical leftovers. Recipes and tips to reduce the amount of food we waste have also been provided by chefs including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Anthony Worrall-Thompson and Ken Hom.

Denbighshire County Council Senior Waste Officer, Alan Roberts said:
 “We throw out a third of the food we buy in Wales, costing us an incredible £400 million every year. It’s a common misconception that throwing food away isn’t as bad as binning other types of waste as it rots down, but it takes up room in our landfill sites, releases the greenhouse gas methane and is a waste of all the resources that have gone into growing and transporting it as well.

“We can all do our bit to reduce the amount of food we throw out – planning meals in advance to use up food in order of shelf-life dates, using leftovers in another meal rather than binning them or composting suitable waste food can greatly reduce the amount we waste – and save us some money as well.”

Denbighshire is encouraging residents to reduce their waste by composting at home.  During the past three years, over 5,000 households have taken up the offer of a home composter. The Slimline 300 home composter is still available at a greatly reduced price. For more details, contact the Customer Service team on 01824 706101 or visit the Environmental Services page on www.denbighshire.gov.uk