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<p>Food waste is a financial and environmental issue, but the UK has made good progress
with total food waste in the UK reducing by 14% per person between 2007 and 2015 (post-farm
gate).</p><p> </p><p>Household food waste accounts for around 70% of total food waste
in the UK, and householders spend £15 billion every year on food that could have been
eaten but ends up being thrown away.</p><p> </p><p>Food waste prevention is one of
the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) key priorities. Action to reduce
levels of household food waste is being taken in two ways:</p><ul><li>through the
Love Food Hate Waste consumer behaviour change campaign; and</li><li>under WRAP’s
voluntary agreement, the Courtauld Commitment 2025, which aims to cut the carbon and
waste associated with food & drink by at least one fifth over a decade.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>Courtauld 2025 will publish interim progress results in 2019 and 2022, and
final results in 2026. Quantitative data is not, therefore, currently available in
relation to progress made over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 12
months, WRAP’s activities to reduce household food waste have been focused on two
key areas: behavioural change interventions and national communications. WRAP has
developed a set of behavioural change interventions and technical changes that can
work in-store and at home, which focus on people buying what they need and using what
they buy. WRAP has also been increasing awareness through mini-campaigns under Love
Food Hate Waste. The latest mini-campaign, ‘Chill the Fridge Out’, launched on World
Food Day (16 October).</p>
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