Love food hate waste
The local authorities in Dorset are supporting a national Love Food Hate Waste Campaign, encouraging residents to reduce their food waste and save money.
Love Food Hate Waste is the 'Waste Not Want Not' of the modern day, providing recipes for using up leftovers and handy tips and advice to help all of us waste less food.
Reducing food waste is a major issue. We throw away 8.3 million tonnes of food from our homes every year in the UK
It's not just about good food going to waste either; wasting food costs the average family with children £680 a year, or £50 a month, and has serious environmental implications too. If we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the CO2 impact would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road.
Valentine Warner, well known for his TV work on programmes such as "What to eat now" and "Ration Book Britain", is supporting our Love Food Hate Waste campaign.
"He said: "Love Food Hate Waste is a really effective campaign to help people throw less food away and save money"
"I'm always shocked at how much food is wasted and this must cost families a lot of money. The website is full of incredibly useful advice to help reduce food waste and it even has an impressive range of recipes to give people ideas for using up their leftovers."
For further details, look at the following recipes, tips cards and website links:
Halloween tips card (pdf, 119kb) (opens in a new window) 
and a
spooky pumpkin soup recipe (pdf, 143kb) (opens in a new window) - for all your Halloween festivities.
Competition recipe cards (pdf, 589kb) (opens in a new window) - Take a look at our prize winning recipes, from our "Best leftovers cook in Dorset" competition.
Barbecue recipe cards (pdf, 290kb) (opens in a new window) and
barbecue tips card (pdf, 103kb) (opens in a new window) - For advice and tips about cooking for a crowd and using up leftovers, as well as four barbecue recipes.
Freezer recipe cards (pdf, 367kb) (opens in a new window) and
freezer tips card (pdf, 560kb) (opens in a new window) - You'd be amazed by how many different food types can be frozen, to use at a time that's more convenient for you. Look at our tips card for more details and try out our freezer recipes which are great for cooking double portions, then freezing half for a later date.
Rescue recipes menu cards (pdf, 555kb) (opens in a new window) and
Rescue Recipes tips card (pdf, 156kb) (opens in a new window) - for advice about reviving and rescuing commonly-used foods that are past their best e.g. bread, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
Love Food Hate Waste webpage (opens in a new window) - For lots more information including money saving top tips and recipe cards.
Blog (opens in a new window) - You can also keep up to date on this campaign and other campaigns by following our Blog.
Supercook website (opens in a new window) - For ideas about recipes to turn your own leftovers into delicious recipes
Food and garden waste solutions - For advice about how to deal with an unavoidable food waste (e.g. fruit, vegetable peelings)
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Introducing Sammie Strawberry
A six-foot tall lively red strawberry, Sammie Strawberry is the mascot helping to highlight and reduce the amount of waste thrown away in Dorset.
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Name: Dorset Waste Partnership
Email: enquiries@dorsetwastepartnership.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 225002
Fax: 01305 224961
Full details for Dorset Waste Partnership
