Waste

  • Businesses unite to tackle waste

    Businesses unite to tackle waste

    Food and catering businesses have thrown their weight behind the first ever food waste action week in an effort to raise awareness of the link between food waste and climate change. Part of WRAP’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign, the… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: WHAT IS PLASTIC?

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: WHAT IS PLASTIC?

    This month’s Package is considering a rebrand as the battle over definitions gets dirty. By David Burrows There’s a bit of a to-do going on in Brussels currently as the Single-use Plastics (SUP) Directive is unpacked and picked through. “…… Read More

  • Irish FSA gives green light to reusables

    Irish FSA gives green light to reusables

    New food safety guidance in Ireland suggests adopting single-use cups and containers could create a false sense of security among food businesses. By David Burrows. Could switching from reusable to disposable packaging increase the risk of spreading coronavirus? Updated guidance… Read More

  • Is Wrap’s new meat initiative a wasted opportunity?

    Is Wrap’s new meat initiative a wasted opportunity?

    A new food industry coalition aims to reduce meat waste and achieve net zero emissions. But a lack of foodservice representation and no focus on consumption risk diminishing its impact, says Nick Hughes. Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: Here’s to proper coffee in proper cups

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: Here’s to proper coffee in proper cups

    French law bans disposables for dining-in. New warning labels for single-use cups. The cup LCA that sucked people in. And the sexy sterility of plastic packaging. As the UK Government stresses over how to safely reopen the hospitality sector next… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: Cup confusion reigns as more cafés reopen

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: Cup confusion reigns as more cafés reopen

    Coffee shops have been left baffled by the advice regarding acceptance of reusable cups, while exclusive research shows consumers haven’t totally bought into the pandemic positivity around single-use packaging. By David Burrows. “There is government advice not to accept any… Read More

  • The last straw?

    The last straw?

    Bans on plastic are simply sucking businesses towards alternatives. Whether these are recycled doesn’t seem to matter to ministers or brands. But it certainly should, says David Burrows. In three weeks’ time a ban on plastic straws (and drinks stirrers)… Read More

  • Plastics Package: No time for toying around

    Plastics Package: No time for toying around

    This month’s package is committed to reduction (and is doing it for the kids) Schools have all shut up shop for the summer holidays, leaving many parents facing a rollercoaster six weeks of juggling childcare, work and the cost of… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: Slow on the uptake?

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: Slow on the uptake?

    Foodservice and hospitality businesses continue to shy away from a high profile global plastics commitment. David Burrows reports. Take-away food chains, hotels and airlines have been urged to join a global initiative to reduce plastic waste and pollution. More than… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: unpicking the resources & waste strategy

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: unpicking the resources & waste strategy

    The government’s new proposals look amazing on paper, however the deadlines are hardly pressing and the concept of reducing consumption is conspicuous only by its absence. By David Burrows. Our energy resources may have been depleted by a hectic year… Read More