Campaigns & Education - Love Food Hate Waste
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Thank you for joining us at our Love Food events.
Thanks to thousands of conversation with our residents we have learnt a lot about your approach to reducing food waste - both the barriers you encounter and many useful tips you kindly shared with our advisers.
Keep an eye on this page for handy tips to make the most of your food and reduce your food waste. Alternatively, go straight to the Love Food Hate Waste website, where you can find them all: tops tips, portion calculator and rescue recipes to help you enjoy your delicious food.
Do you want to save time and money on Christmas cooking?
Please see our Love Food Hate Waste website, for expert advice on Christmas cooking and how your freezer can save you a lot of effort and waste.
Remember you can home compost all your uncooked food and garden waste. If you want to start composting at home, please see the compost bins offer.
You can also put all your unavoidable food waste (including raw meat, bones and fish) in kerbside composting collections provided in Cambridgeshire*.
*In Peterborough you currently cannot put your food waste in your garden waste collection.
Are you up to date with date labels?
Food can be eaten or frozen right up to the end of this date. Follow storage instructions on packs. 'Use by' dates are usually found on chilled products such as meat, soft cheeses and dairy-based desserts.
These dates refer to quality rather than food safety. Foods with a 'best before' date should be safe to eat after the 'best before' date, but they may no longer be at their best. One exception is eggs - never eat eggs after the 'best before' date. 'Best before' dates are usually found on items with long shelf lives such as frozen, tinned or dried foods, and pre-packed fruit and vegetables
Display Until and Sell By
You can ignore these dates as they are for shop staff not for shoppers!
Love Food Hate Waste Campaign
