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EU wastes tonnes of food, and UK is the worst offender

This entry was posted in News and tagged European Commission Food Waste on 13 August 2015 by Bjorn Becker

The European Union wastes about 22 million tonnes of food a year and Britain wastes the most, according to a study by European Commission-backed researchers.

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