Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

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15 Sep 2009, 4:00 am

<p>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.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Simon Inglethorpe. </em></p><br />

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.

<p>Cider-pressing in Sussex, England, Using apples that otherwise go to waste, gathered from the local area through the internet sharing site, ‘Freecycle’. October 2008. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Adrian Leaman </em></p><br />

Cider-pressing in Sussex, England, Using apples that otherwise go to waste, gathered from the local area through the internet sharing site, ‘Freecycle’. October 2008.

Photoghraphs: Adrian Leaman

<p>The contents of the bins of an organic fruit and vegetable shop, Sussex, England, October 2006<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart </em></p><br />

The contents of the bins of an organic fruit and vegetable shop, Sussex, England, October 2006

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

<p>Food waste collected on the streets of Seoul, South Korea, for composting and pig feed <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart</p><br />

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

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

<p>The contents of a town Waitrose bin on 25 August 2008<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart </em></p><br />

The contents of a town Waitrose bin on 25 August 2008

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

<p>Food waste being converted into pig feed at the Odakyu Food Ecology Centre in Sagamihara city, near Tokyo, Japan, 2008<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart </em></p><br />

Food waste being converted into pig feed at the Odakyu Food Ecology Centre in Sagamihara city, near Tokyo, Japan, 2008

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

<p><br /><br />A selection of fresh produce from the bins of a town Waitrose, July 2008<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart </em></p><br />

A selection of fresh produce from the bins of a town Waitrose, July 2008

Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart

<p>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. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photoghraphs: Tristam Stuart </em></p><br />

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

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