Food waste
The Highland Community Waste Partnership was funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund between April 2022 - March 2025. The project has now come to an end and this website will be converted into a legacy website by the Summer of 2025, featuring case studies, signposts and other resources.
In the meantime, to hear directly from partners about their work to reduce food waste and promote composting you can view the webinar on our events page. If you have any questions please get in touch.
Throwing out food costs our pockets, wastes resources and is a massive contributor to the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.
Avoiding food waste is easily done with a few tips and tricks and any waste that's leftover can be composted into a new resource.
£1bn
worth of food is wasted by UK households each year.
26%
of the waste in Highland household refuse bins is food waste that could have been eaten or composted.
10%
of the world's carbon emissions come from food that is lost or wasted
What we're doing
We are working to reduce food waste in households and businesses and to make sure that anything left over is composted to be used as a resource, rather than sent to landfill to rot.
Save money and cut waste with this handy new resource.
Developed in consultation with local communities, this resource helps households reduce food and packaging waste by working through each step of the food waste journey.
Resources and learning
Highland Community Composting Toolkit
If you are looking to implement a composting scheme in your community, this handy guide will help you get started.
Already running a community food composting scheme? We'd love to hear from you, to help share your experience with the wider Highland community. Please get in touch.
Zero Waste Scotland bitesize food waste course
A 15 minute bitesize course with small, easy changes you can make to the way you shop, plan, cook and eat to save reduce food waste and save money.
