Cookery: our delicious recipes make the most of leftovers

Get ready for Zero Waste Week (September 6) with our delicious recipes to make the most of leftovers.

In the UK, we waste less food than we did in 2007. That’s saved £3.3 billion a year in comparison – and 5 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to taking 2.1 million cars off the road. Source: Wrap

Wasted food accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions globally than all of the commercial flights we take each year. Source: Wrap

If food waste were a country, it would have the third biggest carbon footprint after the USA and China. Source: Wrap

UK households waste 4.5 million tonnes of edible food a year – enough to fill eight Wembley Stadiums. Source: Wrap