Why? The People’s Pantry is about working together towards reduction …of food miles, emissions, single-use plastics, exploitation, food waste … and, the hassle for you The UK produces 6.6 million tonnes of household food waste per year 70% of our plastic waste is packaging UK supermarkets currently generate 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging per year Every 30 seconds, 30 double decker busloads of plastic waste are burned or dumped in developing countries