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We have a rare chance to change food waste habits for good

Aoife Allen, Hubbub
clock 19 November 2020 •

Now is the moment to make sure the new relationship we've developed with food and waste isn't just for lockdown, writes Hubbub's Aoife Allen

Every year more than one billion tonnes of food are thrown away, contributing a staggering eight per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions. If it ever sought statehood, the Republic of Food Waste...

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