Food
Changing what you eat can make a big difference to you and the environment
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According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) farming creates 9% of the world’s human-caused CO2 emissions. And as the global population expands, emissions from agriculture and food will increase.
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According to the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN), we’re eating twice as much chicken in the UK as we did twenty-five years ago.
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UK households throw away 8.3 million tonnes of food and drink every year. It’s the same as one in three bagfuls of food shopping going straight in the bin.
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Some gardening practices can be deceivingly harmful. One of the biggest culprits: using peat.
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In the UK, 5.9 million tonnes of household packaging is thrown away every year. And a 2008 survey found that 79% of us feel that products are over-packaged. From tackling waste to slashing CO2 emissions, we take a look at how the big players in the supermarket industry are embracing eco-friendly habits.