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Cafe opens serving food destined for landfill

A cafe that uses leftover food thrown out by restaurants and supermarkets to create meals has opened its doors. The Real Junkfood Project in Leeds, West Yorkshire, only serves meals created from food destined for landfill.

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Real Junk Food Project cooking up a storm in Armley

The number of centres for emergency food supplies in the region is on the rise but a cafe in West Yorkshire is thought to be the first in the country to offer food which was destined for landfill.

The people behind The Real Junk Food Project in Leeds say what's being described as a "social experiment" is meeting demand - and using up food which might otherwise be thrown away.

It comes after a 76 per cent increase in the number of food banks being opened - and a 170% increase in the numbers of people given emergency food. Chris Kiddey reports:

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