And that's not all. Nearly 20% of food brought into the home is thrown away – that's like throwing one bag of shopping away out of every 5 bought. It's bananas!
Bad for your pocket
Limp lettuce, bruised bananas, mouldy bread… sound familiar? Not to mention all those lovely leftovers heading straight for the bin.
Every year Derbyshire residents send around 57,000 tonnes of food to landfill costing Derbyshire council tax-payers £7.4million a year.
The good news is it's easy to start saving today with our simple hints and tips for wasting less.
Find out how to waste less in 5 easy steps.
Food most wasted
Did you know the foods most commonly thrown away include bread, potatoes, fruit and vegetables?
Every day in Derbyshire we throw away around:
- 340,500 slices of bread
- 82,000 potatoes
- 25,100 slices of ham
- 20,000 bananas
- 19,800 tomatoes
- 19,800 sausages
- 15,600 eggs
Not only is this bad for your pocket, it's bad news for the environment too.
Every year Derbyshire residents send around 63,000 tonnes of food to landfill when most of it could have been eaten. As the food rots it produces greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. And it's expensive too – sending food waste to landfill costs Derbyshire tax-payers £7.4 million a year.
Try our recipes
Our yummy dessert recipes are great for using up leftovers.
Why not love food and hate waste by making delicious banana and strawberry pancakes!
You can also find a recipe for an equally scrumptious bread and butter pudding attached to this page.