Don’t Waste This is a podcast by WRAP, the global environmental action NGO, exploring what’s at stake if we don’t fix the broken systems we all rely on — starting with food.
From the treasured Sunday roast to your everyday porridge, 1.05 billion tonnes of food goes to waste every year. But we're wasting more than what ends up in the bin — we're losing culture, community, and our future.
Hear stories from around the world of people fighting to protect what matters most through the Food Pact Network. New episodes being released weekly from November 2025 – January 2026.
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Don’t Waste This: Cassava in Brazil
In the first episode of Don’t Waste This, we travel to Brazil to uncover the story of cassava, a humble root vegetable that holds deep cultural, economic, and environmental significance.
Don’t Waste This: Pap in South Africa
In our second episode, we head to South Africa, where everday starch-based dishes like maize porridge, or pap, are more than food; they are comfort, culture, and the backbone of mass nutrition.
Don’t Waste This: Mole and Tortillas in Mexico
In this episode of Don’t Waste This, WRAP’s Carolina Fernández speaks with Claudia Sánchez, National Coordinator of Pacto por la Comida at Red BAMX, to explore the cultural and environmental significance of maize, the rising climate pressures on its production, the scale of food waste in Mexico, and why valuing the food on our plates matters now more than ever.
Don’t Waste This: Cheese sandwiches in The Netherlands
In the Netherlands, bread is a daily staple, filling lunchboxes from boardrooms to classrooms. But it’s also one of the country’s most wasted foods - every day, around 700,000 loaves of bread are baked but never eaten. WRAP’s Talya Shalev speaks with Jip Jordaan from Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling to unpack the story behind the Dutch lunchbox sandwich and hidden cost of taking food for granted.
Don’t Waste This: Spices in Indonesia
In this episode of Don’t Waste This, WRAP’s Tiur Rumondang speaks with Indah Budiani from the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) to explore the cultural, economic and environmental significance of Indonesia’s food system.
Don’t Waste This: Roast Lamb in New Zealand
WRAP’s Talya Shalev speaks with Kaitlin Dawson, Executive Director of the Kai Commitment, about the scale of food waste across households and businesses, the land and resources lost to food that never reaches a plate, and why food waste remains an overlooked lever for climate and social action.
Don’t Waste This: Native Vegetables and Game in Australia
In this episode of Don’t Waste This, WRAP’s Talya Shalev speaks with Francesca Goodman-Smith from End Food Waste Australia about high levels of food waste in the country when more families are struggling to put food on the table.
Don’t Waste This: Thanksgiving Dinner in the US
In this final episode of the series, WRAP’s Talya Shalev speaks with WWF’s Tara Dalton and ReFED’s Jackie Suggitt about the paradox of abundance and waste in the US, how food insecurity and rising prices are widening the gap, and the work underway to build a food system that can nourish both people and planet.