Oddbox’s wonky fruit and veg subscription service is a game-changer

It’s thought one-third of all food produced around the world goes to waste each year, and, with it, the resources used to produce it in the first place. This is a vast environmental issue, in more ways than one, because if all of this food is then left to rot in landfill, it will produce the greenhouse gas methane, which is known to be a major contributor to climate change.

While many of us try to do our part and avoid chucking away food unnecessarily, there will be items that go to waste earlier in the supply chain, before the produce even reaches us. In fact, a lot of it doesn’t even make it to the supermarket aisle, with the amount of food wasted on farms accounting for a hefty 25 per cent of the UK’s annual food waste.

When it comes to fruit and vegetables, they may be rejected by retailers for something as trivial as comes in.