Greater Manchester’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign is hosting a Pass It on Day to recruit 150 champions to spread the message about reducing food waste in the region.
The partnership is looking for community leaders, local clubs, charities, schools and good neighbours to sign up and encourage their community to help the environment and save money by reducing the amount of food waste created.
According to the campaign, reducing food waste is a major issue – 8.3 million tonnes of food is thrown away by households in the UK every year. Apart from stopping good food from going to waste, throwing away food costs the average family with children £680 a year and has serious environmental implications too. By not wasting food that could have been eaten, the CO2 benefit would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off our roads.
The campaign, which is now two years old, has included cookery lessons, food demonstrations and road shows across Greater Manchester. The events and community engagement have provided help and advice promoting the importance of reducing food waste.
John Bland, treasurer and deputy clerk to GMWDA commented: “This is a brilliant initiative and a great finale to a successful two year campaign. We hope that encouraging Love Food Hate Waste champions to promote the environmental and economical benefits of reducing food waste will help us achieve our aim of zero waste to landfill.”
The Love Food Hate Waste champions will be invited to the Orangery at Heaton Park on 30 March for the “Pass It” on Launch. They will receive training, meet local recycling teams and be given a resources pack filled with items to run their own successful Love Food Hate Waste events.
Anyone interested in becoming a Love Food Hate Waste Champion should email joanne.nuttall@gmwda.gov.uk, or call 07787 104 175 or 0161 770 1745. Places are limited so residents will need to reserve their place.
