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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

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