Cutting food waste
The innovative 'smart sensors' that could cut food waste and feeding fish with whisky waste
Food waste is one of the biggest environmental and economic challenges we face — and much of it happens long before the food reaches our plates. In this episode, we meet the people working to tackle the problem in different ways. We hear about the smart sensors which could help cut down waste by measuring when food has actually gone bad, rather than relying on one-size-fits-all expiry dates. And in Scotland Myra visits the start-up turning waste from whisky production into fish food.
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Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/reporter: Craig Langran
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound mix: Hal Haines
(Image: Myra Anubi with Euan Kinninmonth at the Eden Mill distillery, St Andrews, Scotland, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ)
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