food waste

Scottish company claims world first as biofuel made with whisky residue powers car on five-mile drive

Anaerobic digestion capacity has grown 18 per cent over the last year, but with more support from government it could get bigger, industry claims

Retailers, politicians, and NGOs this week debated the next steps for tackling the mountain of food waste produced by businesses each year

Innovative new packaging aims to tackle the £170m of ham that is thrown away each year

Food is Precious initiative aims to use smart technologies to slash food waste across the company's 400 stores

A tiny proportion of excess food is being sent to charities and is instead ending up in landfill or left to rot, figures show

Figures from WRAP reveal households bin 1.4 million bananas every day, as UK supermarket expands plans to promote banana bread recipes

Cross-party group of MPs wants to see supermarkets forced to publicly report annual food waste figures and put more 'wonky veg' on sale

BusinessGreen chats to the team behind the WastED pop-up at Selfridges about why diverse diets and creative chefs are the key to wiping out food waste

First WI report on food waste finds confusion persists over 'best before' and 'sell by' dates, with supermarkets potentially contributing to the problem