0:00:03 > 0:00:05We are spending more money than ever before
0:00:05 > 0:00:08to get what we want, when we want it.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12But we're paying a high price for our world of infinite choice.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17How long do you think it takes the whole of Britain to throw
0:00:17 > 0:00:20away seven tonnes of clothes?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Especially when it comes to food.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Millions of people in Britain are struggling to pay their food bills.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Yet a third of all the food we produce never gets eaten.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37That has to be wrong.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Oh, my God. You do get a better class of waste at Waitrose.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Oh, beautiful pears!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48With your help, I want to do something about it.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Who or what is telling you that these can't go
0:00:51 > 0:00:53to your supermarket clients?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55The supermarkets themselves.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I want to persuade our biggest corporations
0:00:57 > 0:01:00to stop wasting millions of tones of food.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02You are throwing away one million birds a year.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08What do you think of that figure?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And I want to see what we can do to waste less food ourselves.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Look at that. That's naughty.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I think there's at least one good tea left in here.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I don't think you should throw it away.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Because what we chuck away at home
0:01:22 > 0:01:24is costing the average British family £700 a year.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28That's out of date, that can go.
0:01:28 > 0:01:2912th of August.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33It's only the 12th of August today and you're throwing them out.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36It's time to start a rubbish revolution!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54We're currently throwing away, at home,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57over 4 million tonnes of perfectly good food.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00That's 88 million of these wheelie bins full of food
0:02:00 > 0:02:04that's perfectly good to eat, and we're chucking it away.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Our supermarkets certainly know how to sell us stuff.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13We pile up our trolleys with multipacks and special offers,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17but most of us buy food that we're never going to eat.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20And on average, we end up binning a day's worth every week.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26So today, I'm going to save a few people the trouble
0:02:26 > 0:02:29of taking home the food they will end up throwing away.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Excuse me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Can I just talk to you for a couple of minutes about your shopping?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36- Yeah, go on.- Yeah? OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40So 16% of the food we take home we throw away.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Do you recognise yourself in that statistic?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45A little bit?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Do you throw some of your food away?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Er...Yeah.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Like when it goes past its sell-by date.- Yeah.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53To save you the trouble of taking it home...
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Go on.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57..I thought we could throw some of your food away right here.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Right.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02So, for example, have you by any chance got any carrots here today?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Yes, yes.- So a quarter of the carrots we buy
0:03:04 > 0:03:07are thrown away at home. So can we start by binning one of your carrots?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Go on, why not?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Thank you very much.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Take one of my carrots!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Two and a half kilos of potatoes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Quarter of all of them.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19But you were going to throw them away anyway.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22That seems fair, doesn't it? One more for luck.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Have you got a salad?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26You can't open that!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Really sorry.- Oh!
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Look, a third of all our boxed and bagged salads,
0:03:32 > 0:03:33a third of them...
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- ..get chucked away. - Why did you pick on me?!
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Terrific start.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44We throw away a surprising amount of milk.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Oh, no! Oh, don't.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Just a little slosh. - Oh, that's terrible.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50What have you got here?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54That's me mother's! That's me mother's.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Do not take it. She loves bread.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58We're throwing away 25%.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00So, that's about that much.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Maybe a bit more.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Ah, grapes. You've got grapes.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It's about 20%. Just shake a few off.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Oh!
0:04:12 > 0:04:13You only bought half a cucumber.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Yeah, and it was reduced.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I'm going to reduce it a bit more.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Do you know we throw away 10% of all our yogurt?- OK.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24More than one of these goes in the bin.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I'll let you off with one. Just don't punch me!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28HE LAUGHS
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Taking people's food off them when they've just bought it
0:04:31 > 0:04:36is really difficult, but nationally this percentage of our shopping,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38of our food, is being binned.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41So whether we do it here, or whether they do it at home
0:04:41 > 0:04:43at the end of the week when it doesn't look so good,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45the waste is the same.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Do you know why I'm throwing your food away?- No.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Cos that's what people do. They throw their food away.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Cereals. 10%.
0:04:58 > 0:05:0010%?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01One in six.
0:05:01 > 0:05:0310% of cheese.
0:05:04 > 0:05:065% of all our biscuits.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Strawberries.
0:05:09 > 0:05:1113%!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You should be able to do something with that.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Yeah, I'm thinking of a recipe even now.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Even taking relatively small amounts of food off people
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and binning them feels horrible.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It just brings it home to me what a shocking amount of food
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and therefore money we are all wasting.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I'll be coming back to Manchester looking for ways to reduce
0:05:38 > 0:05:40the amount we chuck away at home.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44But we're only part of the problem.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Millions of tonnes of perfectly good food is being destroyed
0:05:50 > 0:05:52before it even leaves the farm.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59I got in touch with over 50 UK farmers who supply all
0:05:59 > 0:06:00the major supermarkets.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04But, for some reason, hardly any of them wanted to talk on camera.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10One of the few exceptions was Norfolk veg farmers, the Hammonds.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13They've been growing parsnips on Tattersett Farm
0:06:13 > 0:06:14for three generations.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Olly and his mum, Debs, are harvesting and packing parsnips
0:06:20 > 0:06:23seven days a week, but the business is up against it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30The price of a small bag of parsnips has dropped by 30p in five years.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34But a big part of the problem is the parsnips
0:06:34 > 0:06:36that aren't making it into these bags.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Now, we're looking for two sizes here, Hugh.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45We're looking for a pre-packed size.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48And then we're also looking for the larger loose size
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- but that's wonky, so that won't go in.- You see, I love that.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- I love that curve on that. - Yeah, but that can't go in.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- That one's too big. - Too big? What's wrong with that one?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Too short- Too short?!
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Far too short.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02They're all too small.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Almost all supermarket fruit and veg is graded
0:07:07 > 0:07:12using strict cosmetic standards that define, to the millimetre,
0:07:12 > 0:07:13exactly what's acceptable.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Some of the produce that fails this beauty contest can be sold
0:07:17 > 0:07:22as animal feed or used in other products like soup or salad.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26But the rest is left to rot, or else ploughed back into the ground.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Your professional pickers here have rejected that.- The shape.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- The shape?- You're top-heavy.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Such a lovely parsnip.- Wonky.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39So do you feel that today you're looking at a crop
0:07:39 > 0:07:40that's grading quite well?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Yes, this is a good crop. So we're very lucky.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Yeah ,we're quite pleased with how this field's turned out.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I guess one of the things that's a bit sad about this process is
0:07:50 > 0:07:53we're not even looking for the bad ones and chucking them away.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56We're searching for the beautiful ones
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and everything else is getting rejected.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01That just seems to me the wrong way round.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Am I allowed to put that one on?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Borderline, Hugh.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Borderline. You see it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09When Deb says "borderline" I know she means "no" but I hope
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I don't get that this whole lot sent back but, for me, that's going in.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I don't care what anyone says. It's too good not to.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- But it's too short, Hugh. - Is it?- Yep.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Ah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26According to Olly, most farmers are just too scared
0:08:26 > 0:08:29to speak out and criticise the supermarkets that pay them.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33And though there's always going to be veg that gets rejected
0:08:33 > 0:08:36because it's not up to scratch, losing so many crops
0:08:36 > 0:08:39to cosmetic standards is the final straw for the Hammonds.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- Are you effectively producing at cost at the moment?- Yes, yes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Do you expect to make a profit on the farm this year?- No, no.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- None.- None.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Really? How long's it been like that?
0:08:53 > 0:08:59Probably longer than is good for us as a family business.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02If this continues, what's the future?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Closure, basically.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- Arguably, you should be pulling the plug right now.- Yep, yep.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13If grandfather was around today he would have said,
0:09:13 > 0:09:18"Guys, you've done your best, you're up against the odds now.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19"Let's call it a day."
0:09:19 > 0:09:21What's the point coming up here seven days a week
0:09:21 > 0:09:24to do this for nothing?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Just to keep my girls in, you know, a place of work?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You're upset, aren't you?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40SHE SNIFFLES
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Sorry!
0:09:46 > 0:09:47That's all right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's all right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50I mean...
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- ..they're such great products, aren't they?- Mm.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59And they're grown with so much passion.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Where's Olly gone?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Oh, he's upset too, now.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06It's a big fight.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10A big, big fight.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Olly's grandfather started the farm in the 1970s.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Back then, he never had to waste crops because of cosmetic standards.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34And now the Hammond family are close to calling it a day.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38It's not a pretty sight, for my eyes, anyway.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39No.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43It's far too much.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Just under a week's worth here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46That's less than a week?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Yeah. Less than a week, yeah.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Are you sure you're not over-reacting
0:10:50 > 0:10:52to their instructions just a little?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55No. If we sent an order in one day with these parsnips
0:10:55 > 0:10:58it would get rejected and returned to us the next day.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Really?- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Any idea what the total tonnage, that's your full week's waste,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08how many tonnes is that?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11You're looking at nearly 20 tonnes of waste parsnips.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17We haven't yet mentioned the name of the supermarket you mainly supply.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Are you happy to tell me who they are?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Yeah. For sure.- So who are these parsnips being supplied to?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25They were destined for Morrisons.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Is that the only supermarket you supply?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Yes.- OK.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Of course, Morrisons are not the only supermarket
0:11:35 > 0:11:39whose cosmetic standards cause massive waste on our farms.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43It's happening all over Britain, wasting not just food,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47but all the energy, resources and manpower that goes into producing it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:5628 shopping trolleys full.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01And from here it doesn't even look like we've made a dent in your pile.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- No.- Such a waste.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Imagine how many people we could feed.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Yeah, I know.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- We might have done a tenth? Probably not even.- No.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Say we've just done a tenth.- Yeah.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Then we'd have 280 if we did the whole lot.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20280 trolleys - that would go right through that gate down to the road.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- Yeah.- And every single one is edible.- Yeah.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Absolutely shocking.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I'm going to chase Morrisons for an interview
0:12:34 > 0:12:37so they can put their side of the story.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40And I think we should be challenging all the supermarkets
0:12:40 > 0:12:44to step up and address this crazy waste of food.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55But if we want them to listen to us,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59then I think we have to be ready to do our bit at home, too.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I've selected Gardner Road in Prestwich, Greater Manchester,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05to be part of a nine-week experiment.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I want to see if I can help the residents here
0:13:08 > 0:13:11to stop throwing away so much food.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Before I tell them what I'm up to, I'm going to have a sneaky peek
0:13:17 > 0:13:19at exactly what they're throwing away.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Ooh! Heaviest so far.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Full to overflowing.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Do you want a hand with that?- Yeah, no, I've got it!- You all right?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32It's very, very full though.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35A lot of foodie stuff in here.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Look at that, that's naughty.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Two days out of date.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I could have spun a meal out of that.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Eggy bread for breakfast. Bread pudding.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51I didn't come to Prestwich to find Britain's most disgusting bins.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I came because they're no better or worse than the rest of us,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56which means most of the families here
0:13:56 > 0:13:59are binning about 15 quid's worth of food a week.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Couple of onion bhajis here, Alan. Look good enough to eat. You hungry?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Help yourself!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Hello, you're loitering. Is that something else for the bin?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16It is, yeah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17What is it?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Bit of food.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22That's got another two weeks to go.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Two weeks to go. It's not... - I know, but it's been opened.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26How long has it been opened?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28About three days?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Do you know what that smells like to me?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Good bacon. Good bacon!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37OK, what about the eggs?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39They're out of date.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Yesterday?! You know there is a trick
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- for how you can tell whether eggs are fresh?- No.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44You put them in a bowl of water
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and if they sink to the bottom, they're completely fresh.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49If they float to the top, chuck 'em.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50You don't trust me, do you?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I didn't know that!
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I think there's at least one good tea left in here.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- I don't think you should throw it away.- OK.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Is that all right?- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00- Thank you, Karen.- OK.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- You really want to get rid of it, don't you? Not today!- Bye!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Bye, Karen! Meanwhile, I'll get rid of this.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Thank you.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I'm convinced that, armed with a few thrifty recipes,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Karen and the rest of Gardner Road can waste less food
0:15:16 > 0:15:19and save money in to the bargain.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21But tasty ingredients aren't the only things
0:15:21 > 0:15:23popping up in the grey bins.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Surely that's too good to throw away?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27You'll be able to go out tonight.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29It won't go with your boots!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Have we missed you, sir?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- How's the recycling going? - Fine.- Yeah? Not bad.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38So there's nothing in this bin that shouldn't be in there?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39RUBBISH CLATTERS
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Clang! What was that?
0:15:42 > 0:15:43I don't know!
0:15:47 > 0:15:50You might think we've all got pretty good at recycling these days
0:15:50 > 0:15:53but more than half of what we're chucking in our general waste
0:15:53 > 0:15:55isn't meant to be there.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Oh, my God!
0:15:56 > 0:16:00And I want to see what else we've collected this morning.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Shall we dive in?- Yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Well, maybe not dive in, but have a closer look?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Yeah, certainly.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14There's plenty more food in this mountain of trash,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18along with huge amounts of tins, bottles, jars and plastic.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- That is a quality saucepan. - Unbelievable, isn't it?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Measuring jugs.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28This is all good charity shop stuff.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30We're a wasteful society.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33But most shocking perhaps are the piles and piles
0:16:33 > 0:16:35of decent-looking clothes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38That looks really, nearly new.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And this is typical of every street in Britain.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46When you bundle all our wasted clothes together
0:16:46 > 0:16:49we're chucking away just under 1,000 tonnes every day.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59The government's spent millions trying to get us to sort our rubbish.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02But clearly the message isn't hitting home.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And we are wasting a spectacular amount of good, usable stuff.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Because once it's in the grey bins,
0:17:08 > 0:17:13everything we chuck away is usually incinerated, or buried in landfill.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I don't think we're even close to getting halfway through
0:17:19 > 0:17:20the pile yet.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24And I can't help wondering whether the community that produced
0:17:24 > 0:17:27all this waste in the first place, if they had a second look at it
0:17:27 > 0:17:31like this, they might just think again about all this great stuff
0:17:31 > 0:17:34they're chucking, and all this recycling that they're not doing.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39So, I'm not only asking the residents of Gardner Road
0:17:39 > 0:17:41to stop wasting good food.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I'm going to challenge them to reform
0:17:43 > 0:17:45their rubbish habits across the board,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and become top recyclers as well.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Evening. How you doing? - All right, thanks.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52I'm Hugh.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Would you all like to gather around?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Don't be shy.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Now, I've already been pounding the streets in Prestwich.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Just in this corner around these houses,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05and I bumped into one or two of you yesterday,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08but I looked a little bit different.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12And, yes, I started taking your bins apart.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I found some really unusual things.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Lovely pair of fluffy slippers.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18They were a bit slimy, to be honest,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23but we've popped them in the wash, given them a blow-dry
0:18:23 > 0:18:28and they've come up all lovely and shiny and almost new.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Look at these. Aren't they sweet?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Absolutely brand-new porcelain piglets.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Could they find love, these three piglets? Yes!
0:18:38 > 0:18:42All of this stuff was collected from your dustbins but if anyone
0:18:42 > 0:18:46here tonight wants to take it home, that's absolutely fine by us.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Yes?- Do you want that TV screen?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51LAUGHTER
0:18:52 > 0:18:55So the rubbish revolution starts here
0:18:55 > 0:18:57in this quiet corner of Greater Manchester.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02You've really looted the place, haven't you?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You're not going home empty-handed.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08I'll be posting recipes on Twitter and Facebook to help them
0:19:08 > 0:19:11rescue food they might otherwise be tempted to chuck.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Is that not working for you?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- I'm not going to lie. Not really. - OK.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- I'll take this. - You can take him home!
0:19:18 > 0:19:23And I want to persuade them to stop binning clothes, furniture, toys
0:19:23 > 0:19:26and anything that can be recycled.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28So I'm just going to ask you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Who is up for seeing what we can do to change the way
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Britain deals with waste?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- ALL:- Yeah!
0:19:36 > 0:19:37A couple of no's at the front.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39LAUGHTER
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I know it's a big ask.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44But if they can get their rubbish sorted here
0:19:44 > 0:19:48then it could be a blueprint for the rest of Britain to waste less, too.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Of course, I also need to talk to the guys who didn't come to the park,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58the ones who, like many of us, I suspect,
0:19:58 > 0:20:03are a bit sceptical about whether recycling really makes a difference.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And I've had a tip-off that a woman called Kelly, who works in
0:20:06 > 0:20:12a local cafe, is already convinced my rubbish revolution is, well, rubbish.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18- Do you two work together?- Yeah. - THAT is Kelly's rubbish.- Correct.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- And that's how you do it.- Yeah.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25You've got plastic bottles, food, tin cans, lots of paper, teabags...
0:20:25 > 0:20:28They're not lonely, they're all together. It's easy.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30One bag, in the bin, done.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- And then do you come along and re-sort that out?- Yeah.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Who's the boss, if I might ask?- Me.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38And what do you think of the way she does it?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39She drives me mad!
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- So how come you haven't fired her yet?- Cos she loves me!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Don't you think that looks...?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49It looks neat, but what's the difference? It's rubbish.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Kelly's been talking to her customers in the cafe,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55and she thinks I haven't got a hope
0:20:55 > 0:20:59of getting the whole community to improve their recycling.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02So, have you heard about this local campaign to try
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and get everyone in the community to...?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I don't think that we should really do it, to be fair, by ourselves.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I don't think it should be our job.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13We pay council tax, we pay a lot of things. It should be their job.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- OK, you think they're all wasting their time?- Yeah.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19What do you think happens to it in the end?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It all gets crushed together.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- So you're not convinced that it's even being recycled?- No.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28So plastic bottles, tin cans, glass, it all ends up in the same place?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Yep.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- They're lying to you? - Yeah, like always.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37As far as I can tell, Kelly's mind is made up.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Recycling IS rubbish.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42What I don't know is how many people think like that
0:21:42 > 0:21:44because, actually, if most people think like that,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47well, recycling actually hasn't got a chance.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I'm on the lookout for a few more local sceptics like Kelly
0:21:53 > 0:21:57and I'm hatching a plan to challenge their scepticism head-on.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01But if wasting good materials makes no sense,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05then dumping good food while millions of people in Britain
0:22:05 > 0:22:08are going hungry is surely completely immoral.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13A little while ago I visited Tattersett Farm.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Their huge pile of parsnips is just a tiny fraction of the produce
0:22:17 > 0:22:21being wasted in the UK, all because, according to the supermarkets,
0:22:21 > 0:22:26we won't buy veg that doesn't look perfect.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29It's putting families and generations of farmers
0:22:29 > 0:22:30out of business.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Before I tangle with one of our most powerful retailers,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I want to understand more about cosmetic standards
0:22:37 > 0:22:41and the problems they're causing our farmers.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43So I'm meeting Tristram Stewart,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45founder of an organisation called Feedback,
0:22:45 > 0:22:50which, for the last six years, has been fighting to get supermarkets
0:22:50 > 0:22:51to reduce their waste.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56I've seen shockingly huge piles of waste, not just of waste,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58but of good food. I mean, you would have to look close
0:22:58 > 0:23:00to see what the problem with them is.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And even then I think you'd have to be an expert or a machine
0:23:03 > 0:23:06to tell the difference between those parsnips
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and the parsnips that end up on our supermarket shelves.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Their policies are causing hidden mountains of food waste
0:23:13 > 0:23:17of which this is one example across the country.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20These are cabbages and the problem there was
0:23:20 > 0:23:23the outer leaves were not up to spec.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24And this is the entire field.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27This isn't just a few - the entire field was written off.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Now, what's wrong with these apples, Hugh?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I don't know. Too delicious? Too rosy and gorgeous?!
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Ah! The rosy thing is part of it. So supermarkets actually specify
0:23:36 > 0:23:39exactly how much redness should appear on different varieties of apple.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- so these are either too red or not red enough.- Exactly.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It strikes you immediately as a problem that's solvable
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and then you think how mad it is that it still hasn't been solved.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51We've proved that the public will buy
0:23:51 > 0:23:54so-called "cosmetically imperfect" fruit and vegetables.
0:23:54 > 0:24:00In 2012, 300,000 tonnes of "ugly", cosmetically imperfect
0:24:00 > 0:24:04fruit and vegetables from British farms were sold.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06And was there something unusual about that year?
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It was a really bad harvest. The same thing happened, 2000, 2008.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13We lost 40% of the potatoes in this country.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15We didn't import any additional potatoes,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18we just put into our supermarkets
0:24:18 > 0:24:22all those "ugly" potatoes that previously would have been rejected.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Without telling the public?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26No-one even noticed.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Really?- No-one noticed, potato sales remained the same.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32No-one got more complaints about potatoes.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34That's a matter of record, is it?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Absolutely, the bottom line is that those cosmetic standards
0:24:39 > 0:24:45are far too strict, and the obvious solution is they need to be relaxed.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- It doesn't sound that hard, really, when you put it like that.- No!
0:24:48 > 0:24:52We have to tell the supermarkets that to cause waste on this scale
0:24:52 > 0:24:55is criminal. It's unspeakable, in fact.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Dear Morrisons...
0:25:00 > 0:25:03In the past year, 70% of farmers who took part
0:25:03 > 0:25:06in an anonymous survey had issues with the way they are
0:25:06 > 0:25:10treated by Britain's biggest retailers. And Tristram is clear
0:25:10 > 0:25:13that all the major supermarkets are implicated.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16But the Hammonds are the only ones
0:25:16 > 0:25:20speaking out and they supply just one retailer - Morrisons.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23So, for now, I'm putting the spotlight on them.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27I've had a pretty swift reply from Morrisons, which is great.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30And it's quite brief, which is never a bad thing.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32"Please would you ask the producer to get in touch with me
0:25:32 > 0:25:35"so I can understand the issue in more detail?"
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I've got a couple of issues here.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41He wants to talk to the producer, that's you.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42He thinks I'm not good enough,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46he thinks...perhaps he thinks I don't understand the issues.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49If he's going to understand the issues, he needs a proper producer,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51not just a pretty face.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It's not that complicated.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Supermarkets are wasting a phenomenal amount of food
0:25:57 > 0:25:59and what are we going to do about it?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Hi, it's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall here, James.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I hope you don't mind that it's me and not my producer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So you think there is a possibility of a filmed interview with
0:26:08 > 0:26:12someone from Morrisons at the farm in Norfolk that we visited?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13That's terrific.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Thank you. Bye-bye.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I have to say, almost too easy for me.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I was hoping for a bit more combat, you know.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It isn't in the bag but it's promising.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32And if Morrisons step up and really take on the waste problem,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35then I think we can push the other supermarkets to follow.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41But supermarkets are not the only corporate culprits
0:26:41 > 0:26:43wasting food on our high street
0:26:46 > 0:26:49The catering industry throws away the equivalent of
0:26:49 > 0:26:51two billion meals every year.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Wrapped up in that grim statistic are millions of our farm animals.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Fast-food chicken is a particularly pernicious problem.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08It takes at least 15 minutes
0:27:08 > 0:27:10to fry chicken pieces on the bone and,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13because nobody wants to wait for fast food, it has to be ready
0:27:13 > 0:27:16before customers walk in.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22And whenever they cook too much, the extra is destined for the bin.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I just want to find out a little bit more about how much chicken
0:27:28 > 0:27:32is being wasted by the fast-food industry and I think the best
0:27:32 > 0:27:35way to start off is by asking the people who are selling it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43Chicken Valley's policy is two hours and then they throw it away.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47But they reckon they only throw away a few pieces a day.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Do you have to throw away a lot of chicken every day?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Not a lot.- How much a day?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55He thinks he's very good at knowing when he's busy
0:27:55 > 0:27:57and so never more than ten pieces a day.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02How much do you have to throw away every day?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Two bags.- Two dust bins?- Yeah.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Definitely seems to be KFC that are a bit more gung ho about
0:28:07 > 0:28:09what they throw away.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11They throw away regularly throughout the day
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and, at the end of the day, maybe there's a couple of bins full.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16We eat over 60 million
0:28:16 > 0:28:19fast-food chickens a year and KFC sell more of them
0:28:19 > 0:28:22than anybody else.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So I'm wondering if they're wasting more too.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28KFC waste.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30But there are no official figures
0:28:30 > 0:28:33about how much finger-licking chicken they're binning.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36So I'm relying on second-hand information.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40There's a figure that keeps cropping up online and I've
0:28:40 > 0:28:44seen it in several articles and in various Twitter conversations
0:28:44 > 0:28:47and it's reported that KFC are
0:28:47 > 0:28:50wasting three tonnes of chicken a year
0:28:50 > 0:28:56per branch. There are 850 branches in UK.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02So 850 stores times 3,000 kilos of wasted chicken...
0:29:04 > 0:29:11..gives me 2,550,000 kilos of chicken
0:29:11 > 0:29:14that's being wasted by KFC a year.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I can say for certain that one kilo of chicken represents
0:29:19 > 0:29:21at least one bird.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25So that's over 2.5 million birds a year that are being farmed,
0:29:25 > 0:29:30raised for Kentucky Fried Chicken, are being slaughtered,
0:29:30 > 0:29:36processed, battered, diced, fried, put out into the warming tray
0:29:36 > 0:29:38and then they go straight to the bin.
0:29:38 > 0:29:422.5 million chickens, that get farmed but never eaten.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48KFC are part of one of the largest restaurant chains in the world,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51worth over £20 billion
0:29:51 > 0:29:54and they were quick to agree to give me an interview,
0:29:54 > 0:29:58so perhaps they've already got this whole waste thing under control.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I must admit, I'm actually feeling quite nervous today.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I didn't get a lot of sleep last night.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08My heart rate is up, my mouth is a bit dry.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I think there's something about the sheer size of this organization,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13KFC, they're a huge global player.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I feel a little daunted to be taking them on.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23I was expecting that they'd want the interview to
0:30:23 > 0:30:26be at KFC HQ but they've invited me
0:30:26 > 0:30:30to a modest branch underneath the Heathrow Airport flight path,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34to meet their Head of Health, Safety and Environment, Janet Cox.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Well, I've got a few more minutes before I'm due to meet
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Janet from KFC in the store here.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43I'm just checking up on the website.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44"If we haven't sold a product
0:30:44 > 0:30:47"within 90 minutes of it being cooked,
0:30:47 > 0:30:48"we will withdraw it from sale.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50"In the past, this has meant some chicken is
0:30:50 > 0:30:54"discarded even though it's still perfectly fine to eat."
0:30:54 > 0:30:56"In the past."
0:30:56 > 0:31:00That suggests, unambiguously, that the problem is solved.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Is it really?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Have I come here to hear about how KFC have already
0:31:04 > 0:31:07solved their waste problem? I can't wait to find out.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- Hi, Janet.- Pleased to meet you.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14The first thing Janet wants me to know
0:31:14 > 0:31:19is that the figures I got hold of on the internet have been misreported.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24It's true that 2.7 tonnes of food is wasted by each store
0:31:24 > 0:31:25but it's not all chicken.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Just less than half of that is actually chicken,
0:31:29 > 0:31:34so the other half is made up of various other items that have
0:31:34 > 0:31:37either gone past their use-by date or we're just unable to use.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38I think we can still say
0:31:38 > 0:31:42that you're throwing away one million birds a year.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- What do you think of that figure? - So you're absolutely right.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48It is a high figure and that is why we're doing everything
0:31:48 > 0:31:51we can to...and looking at different ways
0:31:51 > 0:31:56and how we can make sure that that chicken is reused in a positive way.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00It turns out that KFC are piloting a scheme to donate unsold food
0:32:00 > 0:32:02to local charities.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07And, by happy coincidence, this is one of the stores in that scheme.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Chicken that would normally go in the bin is frozen
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and then collected twice a week
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- And you're giving it away?- Yes.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17It's all free for collection at the YMCA?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Yup. We're coming back for more.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Coming back? Keep it coming, Janet, did you hear that?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Keep that waste coming! These guys love it!
0:32:26 > 0:32:30So the future of KFC waste redistribution in action.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Yes, absolutely.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- How handy that they just happened to pop in when I was here.- Absolutely.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Giving away unsold food to those in need is a sound policy
0:32:41 > 0:32:43for big food companies but
0:32:43 > 0:32:47I want to know just how ambitious the Colonel's plans are.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50How many restaurants have now started this redistribution scheme?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52So we're currently in six restaurants.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Out of how many in the UK?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58So in the UK at the moment we have around 870 KFC restaurants.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02It's a long way to go, I mean, you're less than 1%.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Where do you want to get to? - We want to get to a point
0:33:04 > 0:33:06where all...as many restaurants as possible...
0:33:06 > 0:33:09You nearly said "all" there, Janet. What's wrong with all?
0:33:09 > 0:33:10All sounds great to me.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14So we do have...we know, on the work that we've done over the last year
0:33:14 > 0:33:17or so, that there are a number of restaurants, due to location,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19where there are not charities
0:33:19 > 0:33:22located within close enough vicinity.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23So they're going to be harder to crack...
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- They will be harder to crack.- ..but what commitment can you give me?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Can you put a date on when you might get half done?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- End of 2016?- Easily.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37By the end of 2016 we will commit to being half of our restaurants.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Half of your restaurants, so well over 400. Well, you open
0:33:40 > 0:33:43new ones all the time, so it's probably going to be
0:33:43 > 0:33:46more than 450 KFCs by the end of 2016
0:33:46 > 0:33:50will have a distribution charity thing in place
0:33:50 > 0:33:54to help deal with the unsold food and prevent it going to waste.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56That's the commitment I've made.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59You've been very clear, which I wholly applaud, but can
0:33:59 > 0:34:03I just contrast your clarity with some of the stuff on your website?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06"If we haven't sold a product within 90 minutes
0:34:06 > 0:34:07"we'll withdraw it from sale.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10"In the past, this has meant some chicken is
0:34:10 > 0:34:14"discarded, even though it's still perfectly fine to eat."
0:34:14 > 0:34:16The use of the phrase "in the past",
0:34:16 > 0:34:20it really does imply that you've solved this problem.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Whoever actually writes these things, can they take
0:34:22 > 0:34:25a look at the phrases they've chosen and straighten them out a bit?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28So that people, instead of getting the impression that you've really
0:34:28 > 0:34:34solved this problem, get the honest confession that you've just started
0:34:34 > 0:34:37looking at it and you're ambitious but you've got a long way to go.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38I'm sure we can do that.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41It is important that we keep our information
0:34:41 > 0:34:44updated on our website to tell our customers
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and all the general public what we are doing.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49You couldn't be more on the record about that,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52so I heartily congratulate you but look forward very much
0:34:52 > 0:34:56to my return visit and seeing how you're doing on delivering it.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- Thank you.- Thanks very much, Janet.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04If companies like KFC can make changes to
0:35:04 > 0:35:05reduce their waste,
0:35:05 > 0:35:09then surely the whole food industry can step up to the challenge.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12And I'll be back in six months to see how they're delivering
0:35:12 > 0:35:13on their promise.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17What's sometimes harder to understand is
0:35:17 > 0:35:21how our small individual actions can make a big difference.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23But I'm convinced that they really can.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27And that's what I'm hoping to prove with my
0:35:27 > 0:35:29rubbish revolution in Prestwich.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Morning. Because the biggest single cause of food waste
0:35:35 > 0:35:39in the UK is still the four million tonnes that we throw away at home.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45That's out of date, that can go.
0:35:45 > 0:35:469th of July!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I just forget what's in the fridge, really.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Bread, carrots, courgette, pate and tomatoes.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Is that all being thrown out?- Yes.
0:35:57 > 0:36:0012th of August. It's only the 12th of August today
0:36:00 > 0:36:02and you're throwing them out?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06That can go, that can go, that can go. Bag's getting heavy.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10We went in the shop yesterday for no reason whatsoever
0:36:10 > 0:36:12and we came out with a bag full of just rubbish.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I suspect a little kitchen savvy could save most of us
0:36:19 > 0:36:22a load of food and a decent pile of cash.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25And I've persuaded Joanne and her husband Peter to let me
0:36:25 > 0:36:29try and rescue some of the food they would normally throw away.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- What a lovely home.- Thank you. - Beautiful.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34One of the reasons I've come to see you is cos
0:36:34 > 0:36:37you say you throw away quite a lot of food. Is that the case?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- Yes, we do.- Yes.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Well, if it's all right with you, I think we should get
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- straight down to business.- OK.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46And I want to see all the food that you're even
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- thinking about throwing away. - Oh, dear.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52That is a well-stocked fridge, Joanne.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56You've got so much food here. How big's the family?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58How many kids do you have?
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Just one at home now.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04But, unfortunately, my mind still cooks for six of us
0:37:04 > 0:37:06because we have four grown-up children.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08So you're three at home cooking for six?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Absolutely. - No wonder you've got leftovers.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12We've got some panini.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15A slightly stale panini.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Some mixed salad there.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Always the one that gets left over, yeah.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Hummus, wrinkly tomatoes. - Tomatoes, wrinkly.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Seeded batch.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29OK, gosh. I'm running out of hands.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Oh!
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Don't worry. I've got it. - Absolutely no problem.- I've got it.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Let's get it on the table and then I'll rescue the grapes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Joanne was about to chuck out
0:37:41 > 0:37:45at least 15 quid's worth of food. That sounds like a lot
0:37:45 > 0:37:49but if she's doing this every week, it's only just over the national
0:37:49 > 0:37:53average and most of this haul is still perfectly good to eat.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58The hummus is a few days past its date, OK.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- As is everything. - As is everything.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Have a sniff. - Smells like hummus to me.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06It smells like it did when it was fresh.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09It smells fine, doesn't it? And I'd eat that as is, raw.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10This is clearly fine.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12It's gone a bit discoloured, though, hasn't it?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14That's just a little bit of oxidation
0:38:14 > 0:38:16because you've taken the lid off the package.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- So that's definitely back in the fridge.- Thanks.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Hardly needed to go shopping.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Joanne spends up to 6 quid
0:38:26 > 0:38:31a week on cartons of smoothies but it's so easy to make your own.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Just trim off the bruised bits of your tired fruit
0:38:33 > 0:38:37and whizz the rest in a blender with yoghurt or juice.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Any extra fruit can be saved in the freezer,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42where it'll keep for weeks.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46And, because it's going to end up in the next smoothie, you don't
0:38:46 > 0:38:48have to be too fussy about small blemishes.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51What do you think might happen
0:38:51 > 0:38:53if you ate a grape with a little brown spot on it?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55What's your worst nightmare?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Actually, I suppose my worst nightmare would be that
0:38:58 > 0:39:00I get some horrific disease from it.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Some illness, some sickness.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06So if I promise you it won't do any harm at all,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- let's just judge it on taste. - OK. Go for it.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16HUGH LAUGHS
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Actually, it's delicious.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22For the last couple of years,
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Joanne has been unwell, so Peter has taken on most of the domestic duties.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Peter's been an absolute rock and he has taken over not only going
0:39:33 > 0:39:36to work full-time but actually doing a lot of the cooking as well.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- That's very good of you, well done. - I'm filling up.- You've stocked up.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I feel 100% better
0:39:41 > 0:39:47and I would love to actually get back into cooking a little bit now.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52What am I actually doing to prepare these beautiful wrinkly offerings?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Well, they don't look brilliant, do they?- No.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58But there's a really good trick. Have you got a grater?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Yes, yes, I have a grater.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Ah!- There, what do you think of that?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I think that is fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Clever trick, huh?
0:40:07 > 0:40:12So, from those three wrinkly, squashy tomatoes, we've got this lovely pulp.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17You can rescue almost any bin-bound, bendy old veg
0:40:17 > 0:40:19with a simple soup.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22And even salad leaves that have lost their crunch can go in.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28The chickpeas and garlic in the hummus will give the soup
0:40:28 > 0:40:30more body and a nice kick.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Wow, look at that! It's like cream.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Can I tell you something?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I have never put hummus in a soup before in my life.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- Really?- Never. - Love it! That's brilliant.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Stale bread is better for croutons than fresh bread
0:40:45 > 0:40:48because it absorbs less oil when fried.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50- Ah, that is sweet.- Wow!
0:40:50 > 0:40:53You've made yourself a little crouton love heart.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- It's a piece of fried bread, isn't it?- It is, you're right.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57In Manchester, it's fried bread.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58I would never believe,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01if somebody showed those ingredients earlier on...
0:41:01 > 0:41:02It didn't look very promising, did it?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04..that they would be tasting like this. No.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Do you think you will do more cooking now with food
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- that you would've otherwise have chucked?- Yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Really?- Honest truth. Yes, I do.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I actually think this is perhaps the impetus I've needed to get me
0:41:15 > 0:41:18going today, so thank you very much.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Well, that would be brilliant. If that's the case, I'll be thrilled.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Yeah.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- Cheers, good health.- Thank you.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Oh, that's good. I bet you don't throw a lot of that away.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32No, there's none of that goes out of date.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38With a little effort, we can all waste less and save more.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41But I can't be checking the bins and fridges of all the houses
0:41:41 > 0:41:43in my Prestwich experiment.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46So I've started a social media page.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Wastenot Prestwich is officially up and running.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58The local community have really engaged in social media
0:41:58 > 0:42:01and they've been talking to each other on Twitter
0:42:01 > 0:42:05and swapping tips on Facebook and I've been posting a few
0:42:05 > 0:42:08tips of my own and a few recipes and it's all got really, really busy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11And that's very exciting and it suggests that some of them,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13at least, are really, really engaged.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Just been in the fridge, pulled out the lettuce
0:42:18 > 0:42:21and it's looking a little sad. We have a top tip.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26If you add it to a bowl of water with ice in it,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28it should be nice and crisp again.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Waste not, want not, Hugh.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36And lovely Joanne has just posted a little video of herself
0:42:36 > 0:42:39making a smoothie from that fruit that she was about to bin.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Have we got a jug that measures 100ml?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Please, don't measure 100 mill. No, you don't
0:42:46 > 0:42:48have to measure 100 mill, Joanne.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I shouldn't have said that. I should have said slosh
0:42:51 > 0:42:53a bit of orange juice in.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54100ml.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57It's not that often that I get to see somebody following one
0:42:57 > 0:43:00of my recipes on film and I have to resist the temptation to
0:43:00 > 0:43:02shout at them.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05It's quite a lesson, actually.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I'm hoping we can create
0:43:07 > 0:43:12a recipe for change in Prestwich that can be copied across the UK.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Delicious.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17In the end, saving money by keeping edible food
0:43:17 > 0:43:20out of the bin is common sense but I think it might be a bit
0:43:20 > 0:43:23harder to get them to improve their recycling.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Until 15 years ago,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35most of our rubbish went to landfill sites like this one.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40But burying hundreds of million of tonnes of rubbish in holes
0:43:40 > 0:43:42in the ground isn't a great idea.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48So the Government slapped a hefty tax on landfill and, today, more
0:43:48 > 0:43:52and more of our rubbish is being incinerated to make electricity.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56But when it comes to reusable materials, like plastic,
0:43:56 > 0:44:00glass and metals, incineration is a waste of good resources.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06Yet even after years of campaigning to persuade us
0:44:06 > 0:44:10all to recycle, around a quarter of people in the UK remain unconvinced.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17So over the last few weeks, I've been recruiting
0:44:17 > 0:44:21the sceptics of Gardner Road to see if I can change their minds.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27Do you wonder what actually happens to your recycling?
0:44:27 > 0:44:30If you do do it, where does it go? Where does it end up?
0:44:30 > 0:44:31- Yes.- Yes.- Yes, without a doubt.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34If you saw what was actually happening, then you'd actually
0:44:34 > 0:44:37believe what they're telling you because when they say,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39"Oh, we're recycling this percentage of stuff,"
0:44:39 > 0:44:42then you think, "Oh, are we really?" Because we don't know, do we?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45We're just being told figures by a council that not an awful
0:44:45 > 0:44:47lot of people trust, in general, anyway.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Do you think it would make you feel better about recycling
0:44:51 > 0:44:52if you knew what did happen to it?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54- Yeah.- Yeah, you'd have knowledge of it.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Yeah, you'd know you were doing the right thing, maybe,
0:44:57 > 0:44:59or whether you were doing the wrong thing.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- I don't know what goes on with it, I've never been explained.- Yeah.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08I'm hoping these recycling deniers can be converted with a tour of
0:45:08 > 0:45:13the place they don't think exists - a materials-recovery facility.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Based on the conversations I've had with these guys so far,
0:45:18 > 0:45:22I think it's clear who the toughest nut to crack is going to be.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24It's Kelly from the caff.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27- So you're not convinced that it's even being recycled?- No.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- It all ends up in the same place? - Yeah.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- They're lying to you? - Yeah. Like always.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Ever been anywhere like this before? - No.- No?
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Each council in the UK has its own rules about what can be recycled.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47One in seven don't want any glass. Others won't take card.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Here they want your plastic bottles but not your plastic bags.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55But, wherever you live, the contents of your recycling bin
0:45:55 > 0:45:57will end up in a facility like this.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01And the first job is to remove by hand all the items
0:46:01 > 0:46:02that can't be recycled.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07So the stuff that's coming into this bit of the plant
0:46:07 > 0:46:08looks like a raggedy old mess
0:46:08 > 0:46:11but it is the contents of those recycling bins, isn't it?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13It is. Yes. Things that are going to get stuck
0:46:13 > 0:46:16and things that are going to mess up the quality of the recycling.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Frying pan.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Bits of a shower just came through there.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23But it is predominantly tins, plastic bottles
0:46:23 > 0:46:25- and glass bottles that's coming in. - It is.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Shall we go through, Denise?
0:46:34 > 0:46:37So there's not quite so much to see here
0:46:37 > 0:46:39because it's encased in the machinery
0:46:39 > 0:46:43but there's a really powerful magnet that's lifting anything that's steel.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46That's all disappearing at this stage and heading off to a different
0:46:46 > 0:46:49part of the plant and then the steel from this point on is gone.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Next, the rubbish bounces through a machine that smashes
0:46:56 > 0:46:59the glass to smithereens.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01The little fragments drop through the gaps and onto another
0:47:01 > 0:47:06conveyor belt. All that should be left now is aluminium and plastic.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14Right, here is another magnet and that repels the aluminium
0:47:14 > 0:47:17and it's going to be heading into that cabin there.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20There's a guy in there who's doing the final bit of sorting,
0:47:20 > 0:47:22anything that's got through to there that isn't aluminium,
0:47:22 > 0:47:26and then it'll all gets squished up into these lovely bales of cans.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30I really want you all to have a good look in here
0:47:30 > 0:47:33because it's a bit of quite cool technology.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36The plastic bottles that are left are mainly divided
0:47:36 > 0:47:39into two categories. They are either clear or they're opaque
0:47:39 > 0:47:42and there's a laser in there that can tell the difference.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48When the laser spots an opaque bottle, that squirty noise,
0:47:48 > 0:47:52that is a jet of air blasting the opaque bottles into a separate
0:47:52 > 0:47:54track from the clear bottles.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57You can see that happening if you look down here.
0:47:59 > 0:48:04Once the materials are sorted, they're sellable commodities again.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07So if my gang, and others like them, really did
0:48:07 > 0:48:11mend their recycling ways, how much difference would it make?
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Well, if the whole of Greater Manchester could be persuaded
0:48:15 > 0:48:18to put stuff in the right bins, it would save the local
0:48:18 > 0:48:20councils £25 million a year.
0:48:22 > 0:48:23And if you multiply
0:48:23 > 0:48:27that across the country, we could pay for an extra 25,000 nurses.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33So do you think spending time here today has changed the way you
0:48:33 > 0:48:35- think about recycling? - Yeah, it has a bit, yeah, yeah.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37It's still not the finished product, is it?
0:48:37 > 0:48:40It's just showing that it's being sorted.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Ah, so you think now that they've done this with it,
0:48:43 > 0:48:45maybe they just chuck it in a hole in the ground?
0:48:45 > 0:48:48A neater hole, yeah.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Are you still a bit unconvinced about
0:48:50 > 0:48:53- whether this can become anything worthwhile?- Yeah, yeah.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56- It still just looks like a pile of rubbish.- It is a pile of rubbish.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59- And you still think that basically that should now be thrown away?- Yeah.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Would you like to see something made out of this stuff
0:49:01 > 0:49:05- that doesn't look or smell like rubbish?- Yeah, the outcome of it.
0:49:05 > 0:49:10All right, come with me. Come and have a look. One last thing.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Everything we make from recycled stuff saves us
0:49:13 > 0:49:17from mining more raw materials from the planet's dwindling stocks.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21And, as the technology improves, our recycling can be combined
0:49:21 > 0:49:23with other materials in unexpected ways.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28And this is the end product of recycling?
0:49:28 > 0:49:32- That is made from plastic bottles. - Really?- I can't believe that.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35I can't believe it, actually, I really can't.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Plastic bottles. Plastic bottles. Feel that.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41I'm impressed. They're very, very good quality as well.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Recycled steel. Soup cans.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46You know, tins of beans.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Never would've thought that.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52This last bit has just made me impressed cos they do clothes.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55OK. As long as you go on recycling those bottles you can keep the coat.
0:49:55 > 0:49:56Oh, thank you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01My band of rubbish recyclers have all promised to
0:50:01 > 0:50:04change their ways and I'm hoping they will spread the word
0:50:04 > 0:50:07through the rest of Prestwich. And, while the rubbish revolution
0:50:07 > 0:50:11on Gardner Road seems to be taking off, I want to get back on
0:50:11 > 0:50:15the trail of the supermarkets and their wasteful cosmetic standards.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21- It's not a pretty sight for my eyes, anyway.- No, no.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27We have to tell the supermarkets that to cause waste on this
0:50:27 > 0:50:30scale is criminal.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32I e-mailed Morrisons to request
0:50:32 > 0:50:36an interview and, initially, they were really enthusiastic:
0:50:36 > 0:50:37"Hi, Hugh and team,
0:50:37 > 0:50:40"we're looking into ways that we might be able to help
0:50:40 > 0:50:46"Tattersett Farm and perhaps involve Hugh in any possible NPD solution."
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Pretty sure that's New Product Development.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52That sounds to me like Morrisons might be offering me
0:50:52 > 0:50:55my very own parsnip ready-meal range.
0:50:55 > 0:50:56Very exciting.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02But over the next couple of months, I couldn't pin them down and then
0:51:02 > 0:51:06they told me the Hammonds no longer wanted us to film on the farm.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09OK, this just in from Morrisons.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11"The farmer has told us that he's unable to take
0:51:11 > 0:51:13"part in the filming because he's too busy."
0:51:15 > 0:51:18I was getting confused because Olly told me
0:51:18 > 0:51:21it was Morrisons who were dodging the interview.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25We heard from Morrisons that you didn't want to film any more
0:51:25 > 0:51:27and I just wondered, what's changed?
0:51:32 > 0:51:36But when you say pressure from Morrisons, what sort of pressure?
0:51:38 > 0:51:41They've said they don't want you to do the interview on telly?
0:51:44 > 0:51:47HE SIGHS
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Morrisons strenuously deny that they put any pressure
0:51:55 > 0:51:59on the Hammonds but, eventually, Olly did pull out of the filming,
0:51:59 > 0:52:04saying he could only talk after the last parsnip crop had been paid for.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08And, soon after, I got this message from Morrisons.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11"We've carefully considered your offer of the opportunity to
0:52:11 > 0:52:16"talk about parsnips and have decided that it's not one for us.
0:52:16 > 0:52:21"I'll explain why. Several years ago, we did introduce wonky parsnips
0:52:21 > 0:52:24"into our stores but they simply didn't sell.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26"Customers didn't want them."
0:52:26 > 0:52:31It's so annoying and you know it seems to me to be silly
0:52:31 > 0:52:34because engagement is the key here.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38No-one expects the supermarkets to instantly have all the solutions
0:52:38 > 0:52:42to this very, very difficult problem but running away from the problem,
0:52:42 > 0:52:43for me, that's not acceptable.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45So I'm not taking no for an answer.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51All the supermarkets claim
0:52:51 > 0:52:55that their customers won't buy veg with minor blemishes
0:52:55 > 0:52:58but I want to prove that their cosmetic standards
0:52:58 > 0:52:59are way too strict.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06And where better to do it than in front of a busy Morrisons store?
0:53:06 > 0:53:08And how better to brand my parsnips
0:53:08 > 0:53:11than with this very agreeable colour scheme?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15Roll up, roll up, Morrisons customers!
0:53:15 > 0:53:16Come on, everyone.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18They're all rejects.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- Really? - It's silly. They're perfectly fine.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Would it surprise you if I told you these are rejects?
0:53:24 > 0:53:28- Wow.- It's wrong.- It's wrong? - It's very wrong. It's ridiculous.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29Absolutely ridiculous.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31I would absolutely cook with that parsnip.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34- What is wrong with that one?- Just a little bit bruising on the top.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36- They shouldn't be wasted. - They shouldn't be wasted.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40You hear that, Morrisons? These are your customers. They shouldn't be wasted.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42- No. definitely not.- Are you a Morrisons customer?- I am, yeah.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44And what do you think?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- Don't throw them away.- Don't throw them away, we'll buy them.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49- Are you sure you don't have a problem with that?- No.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50I don't even know the difference.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Everybody I met said they would
0:53:53 > 0:53:56buy a cosmetically imperfect parsnip but the other reason I'm here
0:53:56 > 0:54:00is to hassle Morrisons into giving me that interview.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Hello, everybody!
0:54:03 > 0:54:07Just to say that all Morrisons customers are offered a free
0:54:07 > 0:54:09bag of parsnips.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Don't go home empty handed.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15Good morning, Morrisons customers!
0:54:15 > 0:54:19Free bags of parsnips for Morrisons customers here this morning.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20- How're you doing? - I'm good, how are you?
0:54:20 > 0:54:23- Really good.- Are you from Morrisons? - Yeah.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25- Are you the manager of the store? - I am, yeah.- Terrific, OK.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28- Well, it's really good to talk to you.- Yeah.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31You're the first person from Morrisons I've been able to talk to
0:54:31 > 0:54:34and I've been trying for four months now.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36- OK.- We are here out of frustration
0:54:36 > 0:54:40because they haven't been able to give us someone to talk on camera.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43- Do you want me to go and... make a call?- By all means.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47If you think you can get someone down, that would be great.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51- I'll...- Very friendly store manager from Morrisons, very helpful.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Just going to call the press office
0:54:53 > 0:54:56and see if he can arrange an on-camera interview this morning.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57Who knows? Might happen.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03A couple of hours later, I got an e-mail from the press office
0:55:03 > 0:55:07suggesting an interview could be back on the cards. I hope so
0:55:07 > 0:55:11because, after today, I'm convinced that Britain's shoppers will
0:55:11 > 0:55:15buy the produce that our supermarkets are rejecting.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18My goodness, you're eating a raw parsnip already.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20That is a vote of confidence, is it not?
0:55:22 > 0:55:24David Potts, the Morrisons boss,
0:55:24 > 0:55:27says that he listens to his customers.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29All the supermarket bosses say they listen to their customers.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33Well, today, I've been listening to Morrisons customers
0:55:33 > 0:55:34and the message is very clear.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Produce like this is perfectly good.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Throwing it away is madness.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42I think that is a very clear message.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45The public seem to be responding to my war on waste...
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- ALL:- Yay!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49..and that's massively encouraging.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53Because what's good for waste is good for all of us.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55- Hi, Joanne, how are you? - Hi! Come in!
0:55:55 > 0:55:58We saved about £25 on that shopping bill.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Just by being a bit more careful and not throwing stuff away?
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Yeah, and I actually think
0:56:02 > 0:56:05we probably could have saved a little bit more.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06But I'm learning.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08And what brings you to these neck of the woods?
0:56:08 > 0:56:10I'd like a quick word with you.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12- May I borrow Kelly for a second, Carol?- Course you can!
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Who's that?
0:56:14 > 0:56:16I can't believe you've filmed me secretly!
0:56:16 > 0:56:18HUGH LAUGHS
0:56:18 > 0:56:20- Food in the food.- Mm-hm.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24- Paper in the paper.- Wait for it...
0:56:24 > 0:56:26- How do you know what's coming up? - Because I've done it!
0:56:26 > 0:56:28You're that confident you've been good?
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Yeah, I'm impressed with myself.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33- I'm incredibly impressed. - I'm really impressed with myself.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35I'm happy that I'm doing it, and obviously it learnt me
0:56:35 > 0:56:38a lot that day when I seen what it could be made into.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41- I need a bigger food bin now! - I think you do.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- Since all the food's actually going in it.- Yeah.
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Done it!
0:56:45 > 0:56:47HUGH LAUGHS
0:56:48 > 0:56:53Next week - I tackle our growing mountain of discarded clothes.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55How long do you think it takes Britain to throw away
0:56:55 > 0:56:57- that many clothes? - Two or three days?
0:56:57 > 0:56:59- Two or three days?- Yeah.
0:56:59 > 0:57:00Six hours?
0:57:00 > 0:57:02Six hours? You're getting close.
0:57:02 > 0:57:07Morrisons finally open their doors to discuss the waste problem.
0:57:07 > 0:57:12I've got a big wodge of cancelled orders.
0:57:12 > 0:57:13What's happening here?
0:57:13 > 0:57:17But I'm sorry to say that it's too late for the Hammonds.
0:57:18 > 0:57:22After 30-odd years, it's now coming to an end today.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Who do we need more - the people who grow our food,
0:57:26 > 0:57:28or the people who sell it to us?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31I think it's the people who grow our food.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35I'm spoiling for a fight now. I'm... I don't know. I'm just... I'm fuming.