Shropshire War on Waste campaign begins
Monday 25th October 2010, 9:30AM BST.
A major new campaign which aims to stop people throwing away good food is launched today across Shropshire and Mid Wales.
The Shropshire Star’s War On Waste crusade aims to stamp out scraps in homes, supermarkets, factories and farms.
People will be urged to buy only what they plan to eat, make sure they don’t throw away food that can be re-used and put any leftover scraps into composters.
The campaign will aim to help local households save more than £500 on their annual supermarket bill.
In the next six weeks the Shropshire Star will print free recipes from some of the county’s top chefs, provide handy cash-saving tips on making the most of supplies and encourage people to win prizes in a number of competitions.
There will also be the chance for schools to get involved by creating their own War on Waste projects and coming up with handy hints for their own school cooks to use.
The campaign will culminate with a celebratory lunch at the Lady Forester Community Nursing Home, in Farley Road, Much Wenlock, on December 6.
Today Stuart Phillips, head chef at the twin AA-rosette eaterie The Hundred House Inn, at Norton, between Bridgnorth and Telford, said he was backing the campaign and would give his services free at the lunch.
Councillor David Roberts, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for local environment and economy, backed our campaign.
Read more in today’s Shropshire Star
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I’ve never understood why people buy more food than they need in the first place. I’m no home economist, but planning meals for the week ahead, then buying the ingredients for them, is just common sense, surely?
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