Sainsbury’s said it would continue to operate shared surplus food projects and to donate surplus food to charity through hundreds of partnerships across the UK, while any food unsuitable for human consumption would be turned into animal feed or sent for anaerobic digestion, which leads to biogas. Derbyshire supermarket Sainsbury 's is dropping a $13.5m ( $13.5m ) project to halve food waste after the year-long trial resulted in a reduction of only 9% . Sainsbury 's provided households near its Swadlincote trial outlet in Derbyshire with gadgets such as “smart” fridges designed to control content and temperature, spaghetti measures and food planners. The company abandoned the Waste Less , Save More initiative, which also saw hundreds of shoppers' rubbish bins regularly weighed, halfway through the process of providing funding to regional bidders. It will, however, continue to operate shared food surplus projects. The UK wastes 7m of food annually .
Derbyshire supermarket Sainsbury 's is dropping a $13.5m ( $13.5m ) project to halve food waste after the year-long trial resulted in a reduction of only 9% . Sainsbury 's provided households near its Swadlincote trial outlet in Derbyshire with gadgets such as “smart” fridges designed to control content and temperature, spaghetti measures and food planners. The company abandoned the Waste Less , Save More initiative, which also saw hundreds of shoppers' rubbish bins regularly weighed, halfway through the process of providing funding to regional bidders. It will, however, continue to operate shared food surplus projects. The UK wastes 7m of food annually .