Environmental aspects of frozen

Frozen helps reduce wastage

You only take out what you need and save the rest for another day!

UK consumers throw away about 1/3 ofthe food they buy, so there is great scope for improvement. WRAP states that if people stopped wasting food which could have been eaten, it would have the same impact on carbon emissions as taking 1 in 5 cars off UK roads.

All nature’s crops harvested and used

Freezing a crop, such as peas, can ensure the entire crop is available for sale.

Sometimes excess fresh cops need to be ploughed back into the field or left to rot simply because of its short life. Click here to see how efficient the harvesting, transport and freezing process is for harvesting and freezing vegetables.

Sustainability

The vast majority of frozen seafood companies are sustainable

These frozen seafood companies use sustainable fisheries to source their products; by buying frozen you contribute to making seafood more sustainable.

Click here to see behind the scenes of frozen fish.

Carbon footprint reduction

By buying frozen you take less trips to the shops

By buying frozen food with its longer shelf life you can make fewer trips to the shops by car. Doing so reduces your individual carbon footprint. And, due to its longer shelf life, frozen food can result in less wastage in the delivery and storage chain.

Energy savings 

Your freezer uses less energy if it is stocked up

Also by placing the freezer as far away from the cooker / fridge as possible will help to make it run more optimally, as keeping it close increases energy usage. It is even better to have a separate chest freezer in the garage or a separate room. Running a freezer can cost as little as £18 per year!

 

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