Restaurants dump €235m worth of food

Dutch restaurants throw away €235m worth of food a year, according to Wageningen University researchers. In total, 51,000 tonnes of food – 25% of what is bought – gets dumped, the researchers said. Some 32% of fruit and vegetables end up in the bin.

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