Make Your Food go Fuuuuurther This Food Waste Action Week

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to help Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week, operating from 9 – 15 March 2026. 

Food Waste Action Week is the flagship annual occasion delivered by WRAP’s Love Food Hate Waste, serving to households develop sensible habits to chop meals waste at house.

This yr’s Food Waste Action Week theme ‘Make your food go fuuuurther: for your pocket, for our planet’ focuses on easy, sensible on a regular basis actions that assist meals go additional, serving to get monetary savings, cut back stress and defend the planet.

Each yr throughout the UK, 4.4 million tonnes of edible meals is thrown away from households, producing 16 million tonnes of greenhouse gasoline emissions. The price of this wasted meals is estimated at £17 billion yearly, equal to round £1,000 per yr for a household of 4. 

At a time of rising prices and local weather stress, lowering meals waste is without doubt one of the quickest and easiest methods to help households and lower emissions – by means of a couple of easy on a regular basis modifications that give again each to your pocket and our planet.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Philip Campbell stated, “We are proud to help Food Waste Action Week and the essential message behind this marketing campaign. With the rising price of dwelling persevering with to affect many households, benefiting from the meals we purchase has by no means been extra essential.

“By taking a few simple steps – such as planning meals, storing food correctly and using up leftovers – households can save money while also helping to protect the environment. Small changes can make a big difference, and this campaign provides practical tips that can help everyone make their food go further.”

Dr Sam Hubble, Specialist for Food System Transformation at WRAP, stated, “Eat what you buy and love every mouthful. It’s a win-win: it’s saving money, it’s saving resources and it’s a simple thing that we can all do to save the planet. Food needs to go in bellies, not bins.”

Food waste, collected regionally within the brown bin is distributed to an in-vessel composting facility, the place it’s reworked into nutrient-rich compost and soil conditioner. This materials can be utilized in our properties, farms and throughout our neighborhood, serving to to help more healthy soils and greener environments. By utilizing your brown bin, you’re serving to to cut back landfill waste, lower greenhouse gasoline emissions and switch meals waste right into a invaluable useful resource that advantages our native setting.

For additional info on what you may put in your brown bin go to the Council Website