Delicious UK – (01)January 2021

ina tieredtiffinbox,whichyou

returntotherestauranttobe

cleanedandreused.

Refillsarealsobackonthe

menuatzero-wasteshops.Many

suchstoresstruggledduring

lockdown,becauseshopper

numberswerelimited,wholesale

priceswentupandadviceon

reusablecontainerswasunclear.

Some,likeTheCleanKiloin

Birmingham,temporarilyclosed

branchesorswitchedtoclickand

collect;others,likeTheZero

WasteCompanyinKent,offered

deliveries.Luckily,inApril 2020

theGovernmentpublishedadvice

statingthatthechoiceofwhether

ornottoacceptreusablecontainers

wasdowntotheshops.Mostare

nowacceptingcleancontainers

orusingpaperbags.

Despitesomanyotherworries,

consumershaven’tstopped

caringabouttheplanet.Infact,

57 percentofthepublicwillbuy

moreeco-friendlyproductsas

a resultofCovid-19,and 34 per

centtriedtolivemoresustainably

in2020,accordingtoa Milk&

MoresurveyinOctober.“Now

morethanever,it’simportantto

supportlocalbusinesses,shop

toprotecttheplanetandinvest

ineconomieswebelievein,”says

CharlotteBowyer,co-founder

ofTheZeroWasteCompany.

Lookingaftertheplanetand

doingyourbittostopthespread

ofCovid-19arenotconflicting

ideas.Witha littleforethought,

theycangohandinhand.

65 percentofdinersnowwanttomake

sustainablechoiceswheneatingout

HOWTOUSEYOUR

FREEZERTOCURB

FOODWASTE

Breadandmilk,

twooftheitems

mostoften

wastedinthe

UK,canbothbe

frozen.“When

freezinga sliced

loaf,tapit ona

hardsurfacefirst

tostopthefrozen

slicesgetting

stucktogether.

Freezesmall

quantitiesof

milk,asonceit’s

defrostedinthe

fridgeyouneed

touseit upwithin

24 hours,”says

HelenWhite

fromLoveFood

HateWaste.

EATINGFORPLEASURE,

PEOPLE& PLANET

TomHunt(Octopus£26)

Theeco-friendlychefshares

recipesandtipsforeating‘root

tofruit’,reducingwasteand

makingyourkitchengreener.

ENOUGH:HOWYOURFOODCHOICES

WILLSAVETHEPLANET

DrCassandraCoburn

(Gaia£14.99;from7 Jan2021)

A scientist’sguidetowhatwe

shouldbeeatingtosaveour

planet’secosystem...andwhy.

SILO:THEZEROWASTEBLUEPRINT

DouglasMcMaster

(LeapingHarePress£20)

A lookathowwecanchangeour

foodsystemsforthebetterfrom

thechefbehindSilo,theworld’s

firstzero-wasterestaurant.

THE GREEN BOOKSHELF

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food for thought.