I don't think I could go as far as becoming a freegan (looting supermarket and restaurant bin bags), but I will start examining how much waste retail outlets produce before giving them my custom. This I will be able to do using the league table he has created. One he admits may have faults, but it is up to the supermarkets to release more data to make it more accurate, although nearly seventy pages of notes and a bibliography about fifty pages long would suggest he's done his research.Whats to be done. Well, the obvious solution for you and I is to think a little bit more about what you buy and what you waste (approximately 8 per household, per week, over 400 per year) when so much of the world is going hungry. If supermarkets have to trash food, why tip it into landfills? Because of government overreaction in the wake of a foot and mouth outbreak is there a solution? He believes yes, we could follow the example of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, densely populated countries having to import the bulk of their food whose governments are committed to reducing their wastage by nearly seventy per cent. A book that reflects the current zeitgeist for thriftiness and a book that will hopefully make you think about where you spend your money. As a consumer, that is what will make the supermarkets improve. I'm off to the Co-Op for lunch.