The UK is the largest contributor to food waste in Europe and a major proportion of this waste is by households. Collectively UK households waste over 4.5 million tonnes of food annually –contributing to the 20 million tonnes of emissions from food waste in the UK every year.

To help combat this, BGCI has launched a new one year pilot project called BGCI Food Waste Challenge, which tasks individuals to take on a 30 day challenge to reduce the amount of fruit and vegetables that they waste. Individuals can sign up to the challenge, take up the challenge and track their progress. There are a host of resources to support people as they undertake the challenge: from hints and tips on reducing waste and notes on to keep fruit and vegetables fresh, to recipes and ideas that will help them use up everything they have available.

We would love as many botanic gardens and environmental education sites as possible to join us by promoting the project. We have designed a communications package with posters, social media links, digital information and other promotional material to engage your own visitors with and help us recruit individuals to the challenge.

Watch our Zoom session to learn how you can run this project in our own botanic garden to engage your visitors on Food Waste.

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