According to a recent survey, UK households dump more than 3.3 million tonnes of food a year, around a third of everything they buy. There really is nothing to be said in mitigation for this wasteful stupidity: even if you don't think climate change is a problem, it's an undisputed fact that our small island is fast running out of landfill sites.
The lazy, self-serving excuses for inaction - you can't help what you throw away and everything breaks down in landfill anyway - just don't wash any more. Organic waste doesn't decompose when it's buried under a mound of rubbish, instead it gives off methane, a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. And the people who throw away money buying needless things every time they go to a supermarket - or for that matter every time they leave an electrical appliance turned on overnight or take the car out for a journey they could have walked just as easily - are usually the first ones to start moaning when either taxes or their bills go up.
So do something useful and start your own compost heap. Even if you don't have a garden, you'll be reducing your impact on the environment, lowering the amount of waste that needs to be buried underground, and giving yourself a free source of nutrient-rich soil for houseplants, containers and window boxes. Everything you need to know is here.
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