Funding to drive increase in business food waste collections

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WRAP awards £500,000 to help seven firms set up dedicated business food waste collection services

Growing numbers of councils may be offering households the opportunity to dispose of their food waste in an environmentally-friendly manner, but what happens to the food waste we all produce when eating...

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