Football club launches goal-scoring food waste project

Children around Northamptonshire have taken to Cobblers Tackling Food Waste Project

A football club launched a project to help reduce the amount of food thrown away.

The Northampton Town Football Club Community Trust (NTFCCT) will work with local schools and community groups in an attempt to decrease food waste.

As part of the 'Cobblers Tackle Food Waste' project, the community scores goals for their team in the national planet league, by carrying out environmentally-friendly activities.

Damon Fox, environmental sustainability lead at NTFCCT said it was the "latest in a number of initiatives" the football club has done around sustainability.

Damon Fox from the Northampton Town Community Trust is working with lots of local schools to tackle food waste

Windmill Primary School, in Raunds, is one of the schools NTFCCT is working with and it currently tops the Northamptonshire planet league table.

Dan Smith, the assistant head teacher said the pupils have "really embraced" the programme.

He added that the children are "really pushing" to make changes at home by growing their own vegetables, buying yellow stickered items, and composting.

'It's helping protect the planet'

According to the latest figures from food waste charity WRAP, 4.7 million tonnes of edible food is thrown away each year by UK households.