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New campaign calls on Scots to stop wasting and start recycling food.

Waste less food and save around £470 a year. That’s the message of the new food waste campaign from the Scottish Government, which is encouraging Scots to reduce the amount of food they waste, and start recycling what they can’t use.

As a nation, we waste one fifth of the food we buy every year – most of which could have been avoided. It’s expensive and it’s bad for our environment. 630,000 tonnes of food and drink is thrown away annually – costing Scots over £1billion and creating harmful greenhouse gases.

This national campaign seeks to demonstrate that by making small changes and reducing the amount of food thrown away – families can save an average of nearly £40 a month and do their bit for the environment.

With more than one million households – that’s over half (53%) of the country - now part of local food waste collection schemes, it also aims to get Scots recycling foods that can’t be used like banana skins, bones and tea bags.

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