The Food Waste Audit

The LunchScraps two-week audit for finding what your household throws away, why, and what it costs, then fixing the biggest reason first

A food waste calculator asks what your household throws away each week, and what it cost. Few households can answer: waste is a heel of bread here, half a bag of salad there, the rice nobody finished. The Food Waste Audit makes it visible for two weeks. Part 1 keeps a bin log, prices each item from the receipt by the share thrown away, names one of five reasons for every line, totals the two weeks by reason and food (in the worked household, spoiling before use is a third of the cost), annualises it, and picks one change aimed at the top reason. Part 2 adds a shopping check, a use-first shelf and a one-week re-audit each month. For households who want to waste less and spend less. Not food safety advice: it gives no storage times and explains how date labels differ by country. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet with your year and what a cut would save.

Look inside

Two full pages from the workbook, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.

What is in it

• A two-week bin log
• Pricing each item from the receipt
• Five reasons, one per line
• Reading the two weeks by reason and food
• The year, from your measured figure
• One fix per top reason
• A shopping check, a use-first shelf and a monthly re-audit
• Bin log, reason tally and fix plan
• Bonuses: a quickstart, the date label card and a shopping check card
• A personalised sheet: your year and what a cut would save

The audit complements the free Food Waste Calculator. It asks what you waste a week; the audit measures it, prices it and finds the reason behind it.