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The UK throws away over 9 ½ billion tonnes of food waste a year

The average UK family throws away £350 of food waste each year

Roast dinners, strawberries and cream, fish and chips – the UK is clearly a nation of food lovers.

But new figures show that we are also a nation of food wasters, with the average UK family throwing away around £350 of food each year.

Divert.co.uk , the food waste collection company that hates waste, thinks that it’s time for the UK to stop throwing away so much food and...