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Give food waste a fright events

Food Waste Wedding!

A couple used food destined for the bin to feed their wedding guests at just £5 a head!

YumNow – the app trying to solve London’s food waste problem

Save money and help reduce London's food waste

10 mistakes to avoid when storing food

Are you making any of these mistakes?

Leftover Pie

Need some ideas for using up leftovers?

How much is the food you’re throwing away worth?

How much is the fruit and veg you're throwing out costing you? Find out!

Leftover Potato cakes

Make these potato cakes to use up leftover veg and potatoes

Leftover banana pancakes

Make these delicious banana pancakes and save your overripe bananas from the bin

The Clean Kilo

Birmingham's first plastic-free supermarket has opened!

Food Waste recycling – our top tips

Check out our tips to help you recycle more food waste

Food waste prevention – our top tips

Here are some of our favourite tips to help you waste less food

Sustainable Food Fest Festivities

Our sustainable food fest went off with a bang!

Lunch in the Landfill – Food Diaries

From pensioner to student, who wastes the most food?

Lunch in the Landfill

This four day campaign helped Londoners save money and reduce food waste

Are you thinking about food waste all wrong?

How eating more plant-based foods could be the answer

25 surprising uses for your leftover fruit & veg peelings

Food waste recycling: In Vessel Composting

Your food waste could be turned into compost which farmers can use

Food Waste Recycling – Anaerobic Digestion

Find out how your food waste could be turned into electricity

Recipe For Disaster

Watch the video to learn how to create your #RecipeForDisaster and join the global fight against food waste

Shift – making takeaways healthier

Find out about the charity that's trying to make takeaways healthier

What exactly are sustainable cocktails?

Sustainable cocktails are making a splash in the drinks world

One Planet Plate

One Planet Plate is a restaurant movement that puts sustainability on the menu. Find a resto near you and try their special dish!

Make Toast Not Waste

Freeze your loaf and take action against the 1 million slices of bread going to waste every hour in the UK

Meet some of the UK’s food waste warriors

People some of the people who are fighting food waste

Leftover Life

Could you survive on other people's leftovers for a week?

Charity Cook-Off Event

Tom Aikens and Francesco Mazzei fight food waste with a Ready Steady Cook challenge

Veg Power Campaign

This campaign is shining a spotlight on the lack of advertising spend for veg and is calling for a different approach

Shirley from Merton’s recipe for vegan meringue

Get stuck into Veganuary and take a look at Shirley from Merton's recipe for vegan meringue

London’s first vegan and zero waste shop opens

We love that the first zero waste restaurant in London has opened! Check out this blog about it

Jude from Merton’s tip for keeping fruit fresh

Jude from Merton tells us her top tip for keeping fruit fresh

Selina’s top tip for roast potatoes

Selina from Merton shares her top food tip for roast potatoes

Emma from Merton’s top tip for frozen fruit

Take a look at Emma's top tip for using frozen fruit to make a delicious breakfast! 

Hilary’s freezing pesto tip

Hilary from Merton shares her top tip for freezing pesto

Maureen from Merton’s tip for freezing meat

Maureen from Merton shares her top tip for freezing leftover meat

The Dark Side of Plenty

Read this blog post by “Small Change, Big Difference” chief food sustainability scientist, Bojana Bajzelj

Maureen from Merton’s tip for freezing herbs

Maureen from Merton tells us her top tip - freezing herbs! 

Marie from Merton’s tip for saving fruit

Marie from Merton shares her top tip - freezing fruit!

Get on the pulse about pulses

Check out this site with everything you need to know about pulses

Hilary from Merton’s freezing cheese tip

Hilary from Merton tells us her top freezing tip

Selina from Merton’s kitchen caddy tip

Selina from Merton shares her kitchen caddy tip 

Everything you need to know about lentils

Did you know lentils are a great source of protein? Check out this blog for loads of useful info

60 second climate fix

If you’re not keen on going vegan that’s okay, you can make a big difference by simply cutting down on your meat intake! Watch this 60 second climate fix film

Jude from Merton’s Fruit Salad tip

Jude from Merton shares her top tip for a feta cheese and fruit salad

Saru from Merton’s Banana Pancakes

Saru from Merton talks us through her recipe for banana pancakes

Pam from Merton’s Chicken Soup Recipe

Pam from Raynes Park shows us how to make chicken soup with leftover chicken

The Felix Project

The Felix Project collects fresh, nutritious food that cannot be sold and delivers this surplus food to charities

Olio, The Food Sharing App

OLIO, the amazing free app, connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food can be shared

Too Good To Go

The Too Good To Go app is helping us to eat well, save money and look after the planet

Everything you need to know about Veganuary

Veganuary is a charity inspiring people to go vegan for January and throughout the rest of the year

Hackney’s Second Helpings event

Take a look at this blog post by Zara Williams, Hackney resident, who attended our Second Helpings event at Wringer and Mangle

Learn to save bread while eating it

Edible Leaflets are toasting waste-saving ideas onto bread and flyering them out across London

Food waste facts

Curious about food waste? The Recycle Now website has put together all the information you could need to learn more about food waste

An A-Z of how to use leftovers

Take a look at this amazing A-Z of leftovers that you can use to reduce food waste and make your meals go further

Canned food masterclass

Canned Food UK teamed up with Masterchef 2016 finalists, Billy and Jack, to create the perfect canned food dinner party menu

Freeze Your Veg

Lambeth resident, Valcie McIntosh, tells us about freezing leftover veg

How to peel garlic super quickly

Lambeth resident, Valcie McIntosh, shows us how to peel garlic super quickly

Any Veg Chuck in Dish Recipe

We love this recipe for your vegetables from Lambeth resident, Valcie McIntosh

Rice and Peas recipe

We love this recipe for rice and peas from Lambeth resident, Valcie McIntosh

Jerk chicken recipe

We love this recipe for jerk chicken from Lambeth resident, Valcie McIntosh