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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

Lorna Slater: Cutting back on food waste could save Scots homes £440 per year

Scots are being urged to help save the planet by no longer throwing away more than £1 billion worth of food and drink each year.

About 600,000 tonnes of household food waste is thrown away in Scotland every year – food which then sits in landfill, decomposes, and produces deadly greenhouse gas, methane.

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