LOVE FOOD HATE WASTE

10.49.44pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 24th Apr 2009

Stuart Bodsworth and council recycling officers Love Food - Hate Waste

Stuart Bodsworth is backing a new campaign to help local people save money and reduce their impact on the environment.

The Love Food hate waste campaign was relaunched this week in Manchester. Since the Love Food Hate Waste campaign was first launched in 2007, research shows that 1.8 million more UK households are now taking steps to cut back on the amount of food they throw away, resulting in an overall saving of £296 million a year, stopping 137,000 tonnes of food being thrown away. This prevents 600,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases being emitted, which is the same carbon impact as taking 100,000 return flights to Australia out of the skies.

The campaign was set up after research found that 6.7 million tonnes of food is thrown away from UK homes each year - a third of the food we buy. The cost to consumers of wasted food is £10 billion a year Love Food Hate Waste's role is to provide practical help to cut back on this waste.

WRAP's revitalised campaign is designed to help even more people reduce their bills and their carbon footprint.

For more details and useful tips and advice visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com