Ditch lunchtime takeaways...

FOOD fit for the developing world is being binned in Britain each year to the tune of 2.1 billion tonnes of wasted bread and sliced meat, according to a survey for the recycling organisation WRAP.

The YouGov survey has found out that British workers spend on average £5.5 billion a year on lunch time snacks - while perfectly good home foods are being binned.

And WRAP says that workers could save a packet if they ditched lunchtime sandwich takeaways to the tune of £120 - that could mean extra Christmas presents each year for all the family.

“There’s obviously a move by some of us to save money and bring lunch to work and this new survey shows that some of us could be saving up as much as £120 each to spend at Christmas, if we start free lunching now,” said Julia Falcon from Love Food Hate Waste.

“Most of the time there’s a packed lunch waiting in the fridge if only we noticed it and there really is such a thing as a ‘free lunch’ when you take last night’s leftovers with you.”

37% of people polled said they would use their leftovers for lunch if they had more ideas about how to use them.

The organisation is featuring ‘Free Lunching’ in the lead up to Christmas, with new, fuss free ideas on making up great packed lunches from items already in the fridge.

The website also includes helpful advice on using leftovers and information on how to store foods safely.

Top four ‘free lunching’ benefits include:
Save money (money not spent on lunch – on average £3.33 - can go straight to Christmas presents)
Cut waste (use up food you might not have eaten, and bring in your own reusable packaging)
Having exactly, and only, what you want (make sure you have just the right amount)
Knowing exactly what is in your food (because you made it!)
The Food We Waste report showed that in the UK we buy and then throw away £10bn worth of food which could have been eaten.

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