Household bins in Bolton are to be replaced with slimmer ones in a bid to save the borough £1.25million a year.

Nearly half of people in Manchester cause millions of pounds-worth of problems with pipes by disposing fat and food waste down the plughole, according to new research – and some even ditch their gravy down the TOILET.

Greater Manchester’s ‘lost generation of cookers’ are being given a nudge back into the kitchen as part of the Love Food Hate Waste campaign

French supermarket’s scheme to promote ugly fruit and vegetable to cut down food waste is needed in Manchester

The waste-reducing WRAP’s research revealed a whopping 4.2million tonnes of avoidable household food and drink is thrown away each year, costing the average family £700 annually

Little William is ‘obsessed’ with waste disposal and idolises the bin men who collect his family’s rubbish.

Manchester food group, FoodCycle, are cooking up a storm to roast food poverty and provide a tasty alternative to food banks.

The number of Manchester children living below the poverty line is the largest in the UK, despite nearly four million tons of food wasted each year. But what is being done about it?