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Food Waste Detective
Find out what your home throws away — and cut it in half.
⏱️ 1 week🧑 Grown-up helper needed
What you need
- A notebook
What you do
- For one week, write down everything food-ish that goes in the bin.
- Group it: leftovers, gone-off, peelings, forgotten.
- Pick the biggest group and think of one change.
- Try your change for a second week and compare.
What's really happening
About a third of all food grown is never eaten. Household waste is one of the easiest parts to reduce.