Irish households waste about €700 worth of food every year, according to the EPA.
It's released a new report, detailing Ireland's waste trends in 2020.
It found waste generation continues to increase, jumping from over 12 million tonnes to 16 million tonnes in less than a decade.
While households are still generating too much waste, the commercial sector - especially construction - remains the biggest culprit.
Warren Phelan, manager of the EPA's Circular Economy Programme, there are ways to help cut back.
"What we would like to see is the introduction of mandatory incentivised waste charges for commercial customers, incentivising good behaviour so rewarding those businesses that in the first instance are reducing their waste, but also for the waste they are generating that they rewarded for good behaviours that will see them placing those materials into the relevant bins."
