Sunday, October 17, 2010

UK restaurants waste 600,000 tons of food a year

Are super-sized portions, popular in the US, crossing the Atlantic?
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Super-sized restaurant portions are contributing to an annual waste mountain that sees chefs throw away hundreds of thousands of tons of food that is fit to eat, new research has shown.
Britain's restaurants throw away more than 600,000 tons of food each year, or 22 tons per eatery, which means that half a kilo of food is wasted every time someone eats out, according to the first detailed waste snapshot of the sector.
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