Revealed: The staggering amount of bananas Brits throw away per household every year Britons throw away 3.2 billion bananas each year – 115 per household – according to research.
Only three in ten (30 per cent) of Brits know to buy bananas green to make them last longer, while just 29 per cent know it’s best to put tomatoes on the counter, not in the fridge.
Source: Aldi] Tomatoes and potatoes are the next most frequently binned fresh food item, with Britons chucking away 2.8billion of each, every year (99 per UK household on average) - as well as 2.6billion carrots (94 per household).
Britons throw away 3.2 billion bananas each year – 115 per household – according to research.
But 54 per cent admit to throwing too much of it away – nine pieces week on average, amounting to £468 a year – according to new data.
