British consumers throw away almost 80 million usable items of food every week, research has shown on Stop Food Waste Day —Wednesday, April 26.
Data compiled by the team behind the Too Good To Go app found that every week, this total includes 18 million meat and dairy items, 22 million bread and pasta items, 30.9 million fruit and vegetables, and 8.7 million sweets, crisps, and chocolate. The total worked out as enough to feed the population of Thailand.
