Where can you send your leftover fruit?

A lot of people are looking at what they can do to help the environment and lessen their impact, and a great way to do this is to try to become zero waste, which means finding a use for all food and consumables purchased. If you find you often have leftover fruit in your office at the end of the week, and it's not taken by employees, you could contact one of the below charities who might be able to take the produce off your hands.

UK Harvest collect food from a variety of places, from restaurants and fruit & veg markets to ordinary businesses. You can arrange for immediate collections of produce and it is distributed to charities across the UK.

If you are able to take your leftover produce to a local food bank or supermarket, check with Trussell Trust, as you may be able to donate food to go to the local community.

If you are interested in composting, take a look at Get Composting to see if this is something you can get involved with in the office.


There are also great apps like OLIO, and Too Good To Go where you can share your food. On OLIO you can share food that's close to expiration or food you're just not going to eat, and with Too Good To Go restaurants and stores can distribute food that is still good, but would otherwise be thrown out.

Have any other tips for sharing your leftover fruit? Let us know @office_fruit!