Councillor shares photos of fresh food overflowing from bins after panic-buying

As the nation is in a state of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, some people have been stripping supermarket shelves of all the food and bog roll they can get their hands on.

We’ve seen a lot of selfishness from some people, as they take more than they could possibly need and leave others with nothing.

Now we’re starting to see some of the wasteful results of this greediness, with photos being shared on social media of bins overflowing with fresh food.

Ajit Singh Atwal, a Lib Dem councillor in Derby, shared the photos on Twitter.

The post reads: “To all the people in this great city of ours in Derby, if you have gone out & panic bought like a lot of you have & stacked up your houses with unnecessary items you don’t normally buy or you have bought in more food than you need, then you need to take a good look @ yourself”.

With it were four photos of wasted food, including bread, bananas, fish cakes and chicken.

Ajit Singh Atwal / Twitter

And people weren’t happy, with one writing: “Disgraceful. I hope these people look back and realise they have let themselves and their communities down.”

Someone else added: “Nooooo! And I struggled as a cancer patient to get any slots at the shops.”

Because of people panic-buying, many supermarkets have been forced to restrict items so there’s enough for everyone.