The Save the World Club, based at The Circulatory – the upcycling centre at the Chiltern Works site near Berrylands railway station – is petitioning the government over food waste.

The group, led by Des Kay (pictured), is asking for the law to be changed so supermarkets must donate food which is past its sell by date to charities who can then distribute it to the needy. Instead UK supermarkets bin more than 200,000 tons of food per year.

The Save the World Club already distributes surplus food from stores across the borough supplying 5,000 people each month.

So far, the petition has more than 2,300 signatures. The aim is to get it to at least 10,000 when the government would need to respond, while 100,000 signatures would mean the petition would be considered for debate in Parliament.

To find out more and to sign the charity’s petition visit www.savetheworldclub.org/campaignThe deadline is October 23.