Brits throw away six meals a week

File photo dated 20/05/12 of out of date and unopened food from a domestic household thrown away in a dustbin as the average UK household throws away the equivalent of six meals every week, costing almost թ‚Թ։60 a month, a study has found. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday November 7, 2013. The waste costs the UK թ‚Թ։12.5 billion a year despite a significant drive to reduce the problem, a report by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) said. The equivalent of 24 million slices of bread, 5.8 million potatoes and 5.9 million glasses of milk are thrown away every day, while the equivalent of 86 million whole chickens are discarded every year. See PA story CONSUMER Waste. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire