Best Before

Best Before is a project aimed to inform everyone that food waste is a huge factor within the climate change issue, and that best before dates are mostly for cosmetic standards rather than actual quality of the food.

To do this I selected multiple food products and photographed them for two weeks starting from their best before dates. I kept one of each type in the fridge whilst leaving the other at room temperature. In each photograph you will see, the products on the right were kept in the fridge.

Lauren Bremner Photography

Best Before

In UK households alone we throw away 25 million slices of bread everyday.

Bread

Every year in the UK 18 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill.

Apple

In British households we waste 1.4 million edible bananas daily.

Banana

25% of the world’s fresh water supply is used to grow food that is never eaten.

Blueberry

If food waste were a country it would be the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Green Grapes

An area larger than China is used to grow food that is never eaten.

Kiwi

Every day in UK homes we throw away approximately 970,000 whole onions.

Onion

Everyday in the UK we throw out 4.4 million whole potatoes.

Potato

On average each household in the UK throws out £70 worth of edible food a month.

Red Pepper