Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Newshour

News

Top UN court rules Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Newshour: Report Reveals Extent of European 'Ugly' Food Waste

Magazines & Reviews

Report Reveals Extent of European 'Ugly' Food Waste

19/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Report Reveals Extent of European 'Ugly' Food Waste

Researchers say a lot of farmed produce never reaches supermarkets for aesthetic reasons

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

More than a third of farmed fruit and vegetables never reaches supermarket shelves because it is misshapen or the wrong size, according to new research. 

The new University of Edinburgh study found more than 50 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables grown across Europe is discarded each year.

Also on the programme: we get the latest from Kerala, where entire villages have been washed away by floods and on the anniversary of a western-backed coup in Iran, is another one being prepared?

(Photo: A vegetable stall, Credit: Press Association)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newshour

Report Reveals Extent of European 'Ugly' Food Waste

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service