Reading’s first community fridge is now up and running. Community Fridges provide a place for local residents and businesses to donate surplus food, which is then available for anyone in the community to take.
food waste
Food rescue stories: Bread and Butter Pudding
What recipes have you collected, or inherited, to use up surplus food? Here Tony describes how a Bread and Butter Pudding saved a build-up of stale bread from the bin (and made a delicious dessert) in the Cowling household. Do you have a food rescue recipe to share?
Goodbye Clingfilm, Hello Beeswax
So much of the plastic we buy is used only once before being thrown away. Clingfilm is a common culprit. It sticks to everything (except what you want it to) and it’s always difficult find the end of the roll. As it turns out, there’s a sustainable alternative which doesn’t have these drawbacks, and it can be made in 7 simple steps…
How Norway is selling out-of-date food to help tackle waste
Supermarkets that sell out-of-date produce and apps that identify food at risk of being binned are part of an ambitious plan to slash the nation’s food waste. Via: The Guardian, 17 August 2017 How Norway is selling out-of-date food to help tackle waste
Getting a Grip on Domestic Food Waste
A frightening amount of the food we buy ends up in the bin. As a student on a budget, this troubled Emily Marshall. So she decided to take matters in to her own hands and investigate sources of food waste in her own kitchen. Here are her top tips for getting a grip on food waste at home