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UK highlights food waste's Posted: 10 May 2008 03:18 PM CDT Reducing the amount of British food waste sent to landfill could save 18m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in emissions annually, according to a government-backed study published on Thursday. The 237-page study shows that one-third of the food bought in Britain each year - or 6.7m tonnes - ends up in landfill. Most of this waste food is untouched and thus avoidable, authors say. The food and drinks sector has significant environmental impacts. Food waste emits methane and producing the food requires significant amounts of energy. See [url=http://www.wrap.org.uk/retail/food_waste/research/the_food_we_waste.html]press release[/url] and [url=http://wrap.s3.amazonaws.com/the-food-we-waste.pdf]report[/url].

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