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Maroc Maroc - WN.COM - Environment - 30/Oct 17:47

Plastic packaging could be a greater sin than food waste

Food waste has long been reviled as an immoral, largely preventable feature of our consumer society. An estimated 4.7 million tons of edible food is thrown away by households each year in the UK, according to the Waste and Resources Action Program, an environmental charity that runs the Love Food Hate Waste campaign. This wastage seems especially wrong at a time when escalating food prices have driven many British households to become reliant on food banks. Meanwhile, the single-use plastic packaging used to reduce food wastage poses a more insidious problem. Once discarded, the single-use plastics that cushion, seal, protect and extend the shelf life of our groceries can linger in...

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