Tag: food waste
Fresh wave of coronavirus food waste funding awarded
The first wave of funding under the government’s COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant has been confirmed today, with nearly 90 not-for-profit organisations across England set…
Trash is treasure as Myanmar environmentalist turns food scraps into fertiliser
To most people in Myanmar, food waste is nothing but garbage, and that attitude leaves Inda Soe Aung baffled. But the 35-year-old environmentalist isn’t complaining,…
Direct-selling helps Indian farmers swerve food waste under lockdown
The Vegetables Growers Association of India estimates that 30% of ready-to-harvest crops have been left to rot during the lockdown. That’s compared to around 5…
Iceland announces target to halve food waste by 2030
The UK supermarket Iceland has announced its target to achieve a 50 per cent reduction in food waste in its operations by 2030. Iceland’s Food…
Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter
Iceland has cut down its food waste by almost a quarter over the past two years, saving almost 2,500 tonnes from being binned through a…
Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever
Food waste is taking on a new meaning in the pandemic era. Dumped milk in Wisconsin. Smashed eggs in Nigeria. Rotting grapes in India. Buried…
UK takeaway food waste rises during coronavirus lockdown
Food waste generated by UK restaurants dishing up takeaways during the lockdown has risen as a result of consumers’ “unpredictable ordering patterns” during the pandemic,…
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…
Coronavirus: Biogas industry moves to tackle spike in food waste
Two of the UK’s leading green energy trade bodies, the REA and ADBA, are calling on companies operating in the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas…
Brits cut food waste with ‘lockdown larders’ during coronavirus pandemic
Consumers are rising to the challenge of a “lockdown larder” as a result of the pandemic, and ignoring recommendations on best-before and use-by labels and…
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