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'23 million 40-tonne trucks': UN study uncovers extent of world's food waste crisis
'23 million 40-tonne trucks': UN study uncovers extent of world's food waste crisis

The findings suggest an urgent need to ramp up efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve global food waste by 2030

  • Waste
  • 04 March 2021
'Burger King For Good': Fast food giant unveils food and plastic waste goals
'Burger King For Good': Fast food giant unveils food and plastic waste goals

Burger King UK sets out raft of targets and ambitions around food waste, plastic use, sustainable packaging, and commodities

  • Management
  • 04 March 2021
Greggs serves up fresh green energy and food waste goals
Greggs serves up fresh green energy and food waste goals

Bakery chain's first ever sustainability plan sets broad aim to become a 'carbon neutral, zero waste business'

  • Management
  • 24 February 2021
UK food and drink sector hits CO2 target five years ahead of schedule
UK food and drink sector hits CO2 target five years ahead of schedule

Food and Drinks Federation report firms have more than halved emissions since 1990, while also cutting down on waste

  • Supply chain
  • 24 February 2021
Eight steps towards lower food waste in the UK
Eight steps towards lower food waste in the UK

Dr Shova Thapa Karki from the University of Sussex outlines her key leanings from her recent research on the surplus food distribution chain

  • Supply chain
  • 24 December 2020
The business case for reducing food waste
The business case for reducing food waste

Food waste is often seen as requiring lifestyle change, but to deliver further progress we must do more to educate industry leaders about the business case for action, writes WRI's Liz Goodwin

  • Waste
  • 11 December 2020
Tackling food waste must be at the heart of national climate plans
Tackling food waste must be at the heart of national climate plans

In the run up to Glasgow next year governments must step up to the plate by targeting food waste in their net zero plans, argues WRAP CEO Marcus Gover

  • Waste
  • 02 December 2020
Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life
Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life

US start-up reveals how its packaging innovations are helping to curb food waste

  • Waste
  • 27 November 2020
We have a rare chance to change food waste habits for good
We have a rare chance to change food waste habits for good

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

  • Waste
  • 19 November 2020
Startup Phood tackles food waste at the top of the food chain
Startup Phood tackles food waste at the top of the food chain

A startup is accelerating efforts to tackle the food waste mountain across the US food service sector

  • Technology
  • 06 November 2020
John Lewis Partnership targets net zero carbon by 2035
John Lewis Partnership targets net zero carbon by 2035

Waitrose and John Lewis bring forward net zero goal by 15 years as group outlines new food waste and online delivery strategies

  • Recycling
  • 16 October 2020
Trial reveals UK households could save £858 a year by cutting food waste
Trial reveals UK households could save £858 a year by cutting food waste

Six-week food waste reduction programme for 52 UK households run by Tesco and Hubbub found families saved money and significantly slashed food waste once they embraced new food habits

  • Waste
  • 13 October 2020
How the UK became a 'bright spot' in the battle to tackle the world's food waste mountain
How the UK became a 'bright spot' in the battle to tackle the world's food waste mountain

Action is being coordinated by campaign group WRAP, whose Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has helped save around 180,000 tonnes of food - worth £300m - from becoming waste since it launched in 2018

  • Waste
  • 24 September 2020
M&S to roll out garlic bread made from surplus baguettes
M&S to roll out garlic bread made from surplus baguettes

Marks & Spencer food waste initiative aims to turn unsold bread into garlic bread for sale across 200 of its food stores nationwide

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  • 18 September 2020
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial

Over 50 households to track their food waste in a bid to work out which interventions deliver biggest waste savings

  • Waste
  • 02 September 2020
Fresh wave of coronavirus food waste funding awarded
Fresh wave of coronavirus food waste funding awarded

WRAP confirms over £4m of funding has been assigned through the government's surplus food redistribution grant schemes

  • Waste
  • 10 June 2020
Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing
Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing

Investors in US firm - which produces thin, edible coating for food products to extend their shelf life - include celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry

  • Technology
  • 26 May 2020
Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter
Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter

Food retailer's tastes success with efforts to redistribute surplus food to charities, community groups, businesses and its own staff

  • Waste
  • 22 May 2020
Report: Takeaway restaurants wasting 25 per cent more food since lockdown
Report: Takeaway restaurants wasting 25 per cent more food since lockdown

New report from Just Eat and the Sustainable Restaurant Association notes that while restaurant food waste is up during the coronavirus lockdown, takeaway consumers' attitudes towards food waste is showing signs of improvement.

  • Waste
  • 13 May 2020
Outgoing Tesco CEO Dave Lewis to join environmental charity WWF as chair
Outgoing Tesco CEO Dave Lewis to join environmental charity WWF as chair

Lewis appointed chair of WWF UK's trustee board, as he prepares to step down from helm of UK supermarket chain later this year

  • Policy
  • 07 May 2020
Report: European retailers failing to disclose major chunk of CO2 from food waste
Report: European retailers failing to disclose major chunk of CO2 from food waste

Planet Tracker argues failure to disclose food loss and waste-related supply chain emissions exposes investors to heightened financial risk

  • Supply chain
  • 27 April 2020
Tree Top, Pop-Tarts and the beauty of ugly fruit in tackling food waste
Tree Top, Pop-Tarts and the beauty of ugly fruit in tackling food waste

What is old is new again for the food industry as consumers become aware of the virtues of turning damaged apples and other fruit into purees, canned foods, breakfast items, and other products

  • Waste
  • 17 April 2020
Government offers £3.25m to help combat coronavirus food waste spike
Government offers £3.25m to help combat coronavirus food waste spike

Food redistribution charities urged to apply for funding to help prevent 14,000 tonnes of surplus food going to waste amid Covid-19 disruption

  • Supply chain
  • 03 April 2020
Sodexo doubles down on food recovery as clients shut doors amid pandemic
Sodexo doubles down on food recovery as clients shut doors amid pandemic

With school closures and companies mandating employees to work from home, the facilities management company's food waste reduction efforts have even more relevance

  • Waste
  • 27 March 2020
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