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StreetBox’s mission is to save surplus food and to support local community organisations fighting food poverty.

We Work with some amazing people and initiatives in London and thought we’d take the opportunity to share a little about them!

No matter how good you are at managing your shop and being mindful of waste while you cook, we all end up with scraps.

Here are our top tips for using your scraps - instead of throwing them in the food recycling bin!

Here in the UK we waste up to 9.5 million tonnes of food each year, 6.4 tonnes of which is still edible. That’s 15 billion meals, enough to feed the UK population 3 meals a day for 11 weeks!

We know sometimes waste is just down to our own time and energy constraints, so here are a few tips to getting more organised and cutting down on what ends up in the bin.

Here at StreetBox we source all our fresh produce from surplus - but what does that really mean, and why is it a good thing? Read on to find out why fresh produce can end up as surplus and how getting a StreetBox fruit and veg box can help prevent food waste and help others at the same time!