Foodservice News and Information
Business should prepare for winter blackout’s
BRITAIN’S NATIONAL Grid has warned that generator closures and breakdowns have reduced its capacity to supply electricity to a seven year low. Its 2014/15 Winter Outlook…
Waste and resource management sector backs circular economy
NEW RESEARCH commissioned by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has found that the resource management sector is embracing the circular economy and the potential financial and environment opportunities it offers. …
Volunteers descend on Buxton in ‘Community Day of Action’
OVER 130 local Nestlé Waters employees, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust supporters, local schoolchildren and members of the community descended on Buxton’s iconic Pavilion Gardens on Thursday last week to take part in Nestlé Waters first ever ‘Get Better with Nature’ Community…
UK only has 100 seasons left in its soil due to intensive over-farming scientists claim
INTENSIVE OVER-FARMING in the UK has depleted the soil of the nutrients needed to grow crops meaning that we only have 100 harvests left unless dramatic action is taken, scientists at the University of Sheffield have revealed. At the same…
Government must ‘take the lead’ in increasing recycling, says new report
A NEW REPORT from a Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) committee has called for the government to take the lead in increasing the rate of recycling in the UK. …
Subsidies to solar farms to be cut
ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY Liz Truss has called solar farms “a blight on the landscape” and revealed plans to cut subsidies under new plans to ensure more land is dedicated to food production. …
UK exports reaching global high
THE ENVIRONMENT secretary, Liz Truss, has announced that a record number of countries are importing UK foods. Products including Yorkshire Ice and cheese are being shipped around the world into restaurants,…
Food disposal guidance launched by Defra
THE DEPARTMENT for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched new guidance on how food waste should be handled or disposed of. Aimed at food shops, manufacturers and distributors the…
Select Committee right to back more recycling comms
CONSTANT RE-ENGAGEMENT of householders in recycling is essential, says the EFRA. Select Committee, and requires refreshed and renewed communication campaigns. Unlike Wales, where recycling has already reached 52%, England risks missing the EU recycling target of 50% by 2020 if consumers…
