BRITS are furious today after stockpilers continue to throw away mountains of food bought in supermarkets during the coronavirus lockdown.

Shocking pictures show bins piled high with fruit, vegetables and bread as the UK’s coronavirus death toll reached 1,448.

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7 Brits have slammed selfish panic-buyers who have dumped potatoes in bins during the lockdown Credit: @jimbo_imr/Twitter

7 Another bin was full of bread, potatoes, fruit and vegetables Credit: @jimbo_imr/Twitter

7 Unopened tins of food and bags of pasta were thrown away in Bury, Greater Manchester Credit: MEN Media

Those self-isolating slammed people who have binned the items, including dozens of tins, bags of potatoes and pasta after pictures from Bury, Greater Manchester, were posted online.

Donna Ball, the executive director of operations at Bury council, wrote: “'The madness continues, if you are throwing perfectly good food in the bin that could support your food banks then give your head a bloody wobble.

“Binmen daily seeing good food thrown in black bins. This had bags of pasta underneath also.”

One furious reader wrote online: “OK, why would anyone throw away unopened tins of food? There’s over half a dozen in view.”

Another added: “Goodness – who are these people? My blood is boiling.”

Meanwhile, huge piles of waste were seen dumped of quiet roads as fly-tippers took advantage of the lockdown.

Selfish Brits used the crisis to get rid of old tyres, broken furniture and bin bags across parts of Greater Manchester.

It comes after panic-buyers left bins stuffed with out-of-date supplies over the weekend.

The pictures, apparently taken on a street in the Midlands and posted to Facebook, showed uneaten bananas, packs of cooked meat and full loaves of bread piling up in green bins.

The post on Facebook read: “This is what panic buying really looks like, waste, waste and more waste.

"A normal shop is all that’s needed, not only do the stores stay stocked longer, less people in said stores, win win. Just take a few minutes to think.”

Figures released today shows March was the busiest month on record for supermarkets up and down the country.

Sales rose by 20.6% in the last four weeks, as Brits spent an extra £1.9billion on stockpiling groceries in the run-up to the lockdown.

The photos sparked a furious backlash online.

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On Twitter, user @queentilli, wrote: "There should be financial penalties for this kind of thing."

And another, @Ant_CFC_203, commented: "Disgraceful. I hope these people look back and realise they have let themselves and their communities down."

Despite empty shelves appearing across the country, the CEOs of major supermarkets have constantly assured shoppers that there will be no food shortages or disruption to the supply chain due to the coronavirus.

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Panic-buying has even forced supermarkets to impose limits on the amount that shoppers can buy for the first time since the Second World War.

Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda have set a limit of three for any item and two for essential products, such as toilet roll and handwash.

Supermarkets have also been forced to cap the number of shoppers in store to help people stick to the two metres distance rule put in place by the government.

Stores are now counting the number of shoppers who enter to get their groceries to ensure they're not overly busy.

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7 Food was also thrown away on a street in the Midlands Credit: MEN Media

7 Fly-tippers have dumped mountains of rubbish across Greater Manchester amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Credit: MEN Media

Photos have emerged online of rubbish bins stuffed with out of date food after coronavirus panic buying left supermarket shelves empty across the country Credit: @AtwalAjit

7 Supermarkets have been raided by panic-buyers during the lockdown Credit: Alamy Live News