Freeze bread to cut down on waste, young urged

Young people have been urged to get into the habit of freezing bread to cut down on the 24million slices thrown away every day in the UK.

The average person throws out more than half a loaf of bread every month and three quarters of all bread that is binned has simply not been used in time, Love Food Hate Waste said.

A survey of UK consumers aged between 18 and 34 found 69 per cent throw bread away every week and 26 per cent know they can make toast straight from frozen bread, but do not.

More than half eat bread at least four days a week, the poll found, and 31 per cent every day. About three in five, when told that it takes a year to produce bread from field to fork, said they would be more likely to freeze it.