Waste & Packaging

Approximately 70% of primary packaging is used for food and drink and it is often discarded contaminated by residues of the original contents, making it difficult to recycle. Buying local and seasonal food reduces the need for unnecessary packaging, minimising the negative impact on the environment from the current large scale disposal of inorganic waste.
Generally, food should come with the minimum of packaging and wherever possible the use of reusable packaging should be used and promoted.
Find out more...
Love Food: Hate Waste - ways to reduce food waste.
Recipes to reduce food waste.
Leading by Example:
Fairfield Compost has been taking waste fruit & veg from New Smithfield Market, turning it into compost for local farms, allotments and parks for the last five years.
Each year it diverts several thousand tonnes of food away from landfill to nourish the soils of Greater Manchester.
Whilst, Fareshare Northwest redistributes in-date surplus waste food to charitable organisations who in turn feed vulnerable people. www.emergemanchester.co.uk