UK worst in Europe for wasting food

A study in the Environmental Research Letters found that nearly 80% of all food waste is “avoidable”, with the UK given the worst ranking. All countries in Europe wasted huge amounts of usable food however and the scientists estimated 22 million tonnes of food is wasted in Europe each day. The foods that are most wasted are vegetables, fruit and cereals, in large part due to the short shelf life of these items.