Restaurants urged to serve up better food waste strategy

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Sustainable Restaurant Association steps up efforts to tackle food waste, as Sainsbury's launches marketing campaign to tackle the UK's leftovers

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has today reissued its call for the industry to develop more effective food waste strategies, ahead of the broadcast of an ITV Tonight programme highlighting...

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