The contents of a town Waitrose bin on 25 August 2008

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

Marks and Spencer requires their sandwich supplier, Hain Celestial group, to discard 4 slices from each loaf, the crust and the first slice at either end, amounting to 13,000 slices of fresh bread every day from a single factory.

Photoghraphs: Simon Inglethorpe. 

Food waste collected on the streets of Seoul, South Korea, for composting and pig feed

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

Kamei-san and his pigs, fed on food waste recycled at the Odakyu Food Ecology Centre, June 2008. The pigs are sold as eco-pork in the Odakyu department stores.

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart