Households are the biggest contributors to food waste
Summary
Newstalk Breakfast discusses the disconnect between Ireland's cost-of-living crisis and food waste, noting that one in ten people are throwing away more food than last year. Michaela O'Leary from Too Good To Go highlights that bread and produce are the most commonly discarded items, with 43% of adults showing little concern. She outlines the app's five-year presence in Ireland, serving over a million users and 2,000 businesses to reduce the 3 million kilograms of food wasted daily.
Topics discussed
ASPCA sponsorship and introduction
Statistics on Irish food waste habits
Discussion on the cost-of-living disconnect
Common items thrown away in Ireland
The role of Too Good To Go in preventing waste
Too Good To Go's growth in the Irish market
Daily food waste volume in Ireland
Closing remarks on inequality and waste
Government ad for construction workers
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