Michael Gove Proposes Weekly Food Collection
The environment secretary has proposed that food waste bin collections should be changed to weekly in Britain’s next consultation on national waste. Michael Gove has proposed that food collections become more consistent and wants millions of UK homes switch to weekly …
How Food Waste Is Tackling Child Hunger In Schools
‘Fuel For School’ is a groundbreaking initiative using food destined for landfill to feed its pupils and nourish its community. Imagine turning up to school so hungry that you’re unable to concentrate on learning in the classroom. It might sound like something …
Frozen food safety confusion causing waste, warns FSA
Misconceptions about frozen food are contributing to the seven million tonnes of waste thrown out by UK households every year, the Food Standards Agency says. A survey for the FSA found 43% of people wrongly thought food could only be frozen on …
Could tech reduce food waste and help feed the world?
Do you often buy more food than you need and end up throwing lots away? You’re not alone. Food waste is a big and growing problem, and growers, distributors, restaurants, supermarkets and householders all bear some responsibility. But reducing food wastage by …
Ocado backs ‘pay as you feel’ cafe campaign to tackle food waste
More than 50% of food wasted comes from home, and most is safe to eat – Ocado is moving to this give food to cafes. Buying groceries only to toss them into the street on the way home sounds absurd – and yet …
Can a Craigslist for cucumbers tackle the UK’s food waste?
A raft of apps are aiming to recycle cosmetically challenged perishables and stop £5bn worth of food ending up in landfill. Where most people see a bruised banana, Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Cook see a chance to share. Their new app, Olio, …
Sainsbury’s Is Giving People Fridges With Cameras Inside To Help Curb Food Waste
Sainsbury’s is giving families fridges with tiny cameras inside, to let them see what food they’ve got at home when they are out shopping. The supermarket is giving 20 families a ‘smart fridge’ equipped with two cameras that take pictures of the contents of …
Avoidable UK supply chain food waste valued £1.9bn
WRAP report outlines surplus and waste food challenges and opportunities in UK retail and manufacturing sector as part of Courtauld 2025 initiative. As much as 1.9 million tonnes of food is still being wasted in the UK grocery supply chain every year, …
Sainsbury’s partners with ReFood to use food waste to power some of its UK stores
Sainsbury’s is using its leftover food to power some of its stores. It has partnered with food waste processor, ReFood, which runs a series of biological processes called Anaerobic Digestion (AD) on this food waste, to generate the gas. The food waste …
Recycling packaging is important, but doesn’t the inside count?
Product packaging is the focus in our current recycling infrastructure. Metal cans, plastic containers and cardboard boxes are top of mind as far as recyclable items go, as these can be collected and processed at low cost and sold as an alternative …
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