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I’m wising up to waste and helping get the word out about the North London Waste Authority’s Save a Crust campaign. It’s a fun and yummy way to reduce waste and be a better cook!

In my previous introductory post for this collaborative Save a Crust series, I mentioned that the NLWA was hosting a range of free cookery workshops and how I was looking forward to attending one. I did just that on Wednesday evening, sitting in on the Islington session at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School near Archway Station. I had a great time and took home a meal for my supper.

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I’m wising up to waste and helping get the word out about the North London Waste Authority’s Save a Crust campaign. It’s a fun and yummy way to reduce waste and be a better cook!

Did you know that 24 million slices of bread are thrown away every day in the UK, contributing to the average household tossing out £800 worth of food annually?

According to research commissioned by NLWA, more than 250 million bread crusts are binned every year across London alone, with one in four people saying they overlook the end slices of loaves. Just under 13 million loaves of bread (and just over £13 million) is thrown away every year and the equivalent of one and a quarter full loaves of bread being discarded every month by households that choose not to eat the ends of their loaves. In total, 1.2 billion bread crusts binned across the nation each year – worth nearly £62 million.

This all stacks up to a very sad situation indeed! But I’m here to help spread the news about the Save a Crust campaign and offer some tasty ideas to help you reduce waste and save money.

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