More than $3 billion worth of food waste is filling up New Zealander’s bins every year.

Rabobank-KiwiHarvest's survey estimates household's waste 12.2% of groceries yearly, a slight decrease from last year's 13.4%.

Gen Z remain the most wasteful age group.

KiwiHarvest Food Rescue charity founder Deborah Manning told Tim Dower that one of the problems is consumers demand to see a high quantity of food at stores.

She says people want to see full shelves of bread at every hour of the day.

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More than $3 billion worth of food waste is filling up New Zealander’s bins every year. 
Rabobank-KiwiHarvest's survey estimates household's waste 12.2% of groceries yearly, a slight decrease from last year's 13.4%. 
Gen Z remain the most wasteful age group. 
KiwiHarvest Food Rescue charity founder Deborah Manning told Tim Dower that one of the problems is consumers demand to see a high quantity of food at stores. 
She says people want to see full shelves of bread at every hour of the day. 
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