Join Falkirk's Waste Watchers Challenge and save you & your family time and money by cutting down on food waste!
Over £1 billion worth of food is wasted by consumers in Scotland each year.
That's an average of £430 per household, the equivalent of 1 in every 3 shopping bags going straight into the bin.
Falkirk Council households produced 37,000 tonnes of waste in the last year at a cost of over £2.4 million.
If this continues the cost would rise to over £3.7 million by 2014. So waste is literally costing the earth!
Signing up to the Challenge will help you do your bit to conserve the planet's scarce resources, fight climate change and save both you and the Council money.
So what is the Challenge about?
We are asking householders to complete a food waste diary to note how much food they throw away for 1 week before trying to reduce the amount thrown away the following week.
Completing a short survey at the end will help you find out where savings can be made, and how we can work to make it easier for householders to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
What's in it for me?
When you register for the Challenge we will send you a pack with a Waste Watchers diary including handy waste tips, a spaghetti measure and recipe cards, plus a pair of googly eyes to stick on your bin to get the kids involved.
As thanks for doing the diary and survey, we will send you a goody bag of useful items like shopping list pads, freezer bag clips and recycling fridge magnet.
Everyone registering for the Challenge will be put forward for a monthly prize draw, with rewards including: cookery lessons, 'grow your own' fruit and veg classes, HMV, iTunes and love-eco.co.uk| gift vouchers
Look out for more Waste Watcher competitions in the Falkirk Herald and on Central FM.
What do I need to do now?
Email to register at waste.watchers@falkirk.gov.uk| stating your name, address, postcode and where you heard about the Challenge, and we will send your Waste Watchers pack.
When you have completed the waste diary, either return the paper survey enclosed in the pack, or click on the button below to complete it on-line. Good luck!
Complete the short survey & claim your goody bag!|