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Article Source: BBC NewsFood waste costs the UK an estimated £12bn a year.
This works out to be £480 per household annually, going up to £680 for households with children.
A third of the food London buys ends up in the bin.
Every day in the capital we throw away:
176,000 bananas. Put end to end that stretches 22 miles, the length of the jubilee line.
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I guess the United States isn't alone in wasting food.. surprisingly for the gluttons we are.
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