Reducing food waste – Bolton Council

Food waste toolkit

Text which reads "Free downloadable food waste diary - My Free Food Waste Diary. Find out how much food you waste with our free downloadable food waste diary", as well as 2 photographs. Food waste items and food waste and money being scraped into a bin.

This toolkit is aimed at supporting households, community groups, schools, faith organisations and businesses to reduce food waste.

It includes a food diary which will help you to work out how much food you throw away during a five day period.

Households, groups and organisations of any size can get involved and use any parts of the toolkit that they find useful.

The toolkit could be used to support the values of an organisation, becoming part of your climate action plan or environmental award scheme, or an interesting activity for your members to participate in.

How you can get involved (PDF 678kB) - Ways for schools, groups, businesses and households to get involved.
My food waste diary (PDF 6.51MB) - Want to get involved as a household? Fill this in as a household to get you thinking about your food waste and the costs.
Communicating with your group (PDF 548kB) - Want to get involved as a community, school, faith organization or business? A template letter for communicating with your group.
Food waste true or false myth busting game (PDF 1.66MB) - A simple game which encourages thinking about food waste and some of the reasons why it is wasted. Play as a household or as part of a team.
Team building (PDF 1.26MB) - How the household food waste diary can be part of a team building exercise.
Top Tips (PDF 3.52MB) - Tips on how households can reduce their food waste.
Background (PDF 1.5MB) - Learn about the background of the study, including how much food Bolton households waste on average.

We hope the toolkit will inspire many households and communities in Bolton and beyond to make a positive difference in reducing food waste and supporting efforts to tackle climate change.