FOOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The global food system is responsible for over a third of all greenhouse gas emissions.¹ However, as different food sources vary vastly in their environmental impact; the choices we make around what we eat are powerful.² This means that any positive changes to our eating habits can have a significant impact in relation to sustainability. If we all stop wasting food, we could cut greenhouse gas emissions by around 8 to 10 percent.³
We are learning about the connection between our food and climate change. We'd love more people to get involved so please email us if you're interested.
Actions:
● Increasing awareness about following a climate friendly diet.
● Researching and sharing information about local producers and retailers of sustainable, seasonal, high welfare and local food.
● Supporting prioritising plant-based food, with less and better meat and dairy.
● Promoting the sharing of surplus food in the village.
● Encouraging a reduction of food waste.
● Highlighting the importance of reusable packaging and not using single use items/plastic.
● Liaising and learning from other, similar groups.
Longer term goals could include:
● Connecting with other groups in the village to see if we can work together to enable change.
● Finding opportunities for community food growing.
● Discovering whether there is a desire in the village for a community fridge or community composting.
● Investigating the possibility of holding a small market and inviting local
producers.
Further information:
Environmental Impacts of Food Production (ourworldindata.org)
The Planetary Health Diet - EAT (eatforum.org)
Surplus and Waste in the UK (wrap.org.uk)
Ending hunger | World Food Programme (wfp.org)
Goal 2 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)
Eating patterns for health and environmental sustainability (bda.uk.com)
¹ https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food
Food waste bins have landed in South Wonston!
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Inside your bin you will find:
* a small kitchen caddy (5L) to collect your food waste in
* some compostable caddy liners to get you started.
Did you know?
Unused food and food leftovers currently make up about 30% of each household’s black bin, and being able to recycle this will significantly reduce the amount of waste sent for incineration. Instead, it will be used to generate clean, green energy and nutrient-rich soil improver for our farmers.
There will be no change to your other collections of general waste (black bin), recycling (green bin), or garden waste (brown bin), with services operating every two weeks as usual. The glass box collection will also continue to take place every four weeks.
𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞
* Food waste collections will be weekly, on the same day as your regular waste and recycling collections. Just put your food waste bin out for collection each week with your other bin.
* Recycling food waste will have a big impact on our carbon emissions across the district – saving about 1900 tonnes of CO2e per year. That’s about the same emissions as driving around the world in a petrol-powered car 190 times!
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐀𝐐𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
https://www.winchester.gov.uk/.../recycling/food-waste-faqs