September 28/London/Packaging Europe -- Half of the respondents to a six monthly consumer survey of over 1000 people claim to be throwing away a lot less or a little less food. Only 1% are throwing away more, and food waste is mostly due to buying more fresh produce and not eating it all.
The survey also looked at how important environmental issues are to consumers with the majority, 86%, concerned about food waste and an equal number wanting to see packaging waste reduced. Using packaging which can be recycled, reuse or bio-degraded was important to 81% of the respondents.