Waste

  • New waste strategy: reaction

    New waste strategy: reaction

    Campaigners welcomed some of the ambition within the strategy, but criticised the timeframes. Mary Creagh, chair of the House of Commons environmental audit committee, also accused the government of “kicking the waste can down the road yet again”. She said:… Read More

  • More companies to publish food waste data

    More companies to publish food waste data

    Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart and Tesco are among big names signed up to ambitious reduction targets. By David Burrows. There has been a flurry of food waste announcements in the past week, which will see more companies come under pressure to… Read More

  • Plastics package: coffee pods, strawless lids and a bitter BBIA

    Plastics package: coffee pods, strawless lids and a bitter BBIA

    This month we will mostly be confused by compostables and perplexed by plastics. By David Burrows. For years there have been calls to ditch weight as a measurement for waste and use carbon instead. An analysis of Scotland’s rubbish showed… Read More

  • The Plastics Package: cup shocks and Euro rivalries

    The Plastics Package: cup shocks and Euro rivalries

    In Footprint’s latest monthly briefing, Michael Gove’s coffee lands him in hot water while Westminster and Brussels vie to out-green each other. By David Burrows. The World Cup’s under way, so to adapt the famous quote from the former Manchester… Read More

  • Plastics Package: company commitments keep coming

    Plastics Package: company commitments keep coming

    Footprint’s new monthly briefing The Plastics Package finds foodservice has been left out of a new packaging pact. By David Burrows. It’s almost impossible to keep up with all the foodservice packaging news, so we’ve made it a little easier for… Read More

  • DEFRA’s waste strategy: fill in the blanks

    DEFRA’s waste strategy: fill in the blanks

    Westminster’s plan to tackle plastics is big on promises but short on detail – for now. By David Burrows. The government has hit the food sector with a whirlwind of announcements relevant to the future of waste in the past… Read More

  • Are straw pledges bending the truth?

    Are straw pledges bending the truth?

    A Footprint investigation has cast doubt on the integrity of plastic-free straw pledges because compostable replacements are not being composted. Nick Hughes reports. First it was carrier bags, then coffee cups and now straws are the focus of the backlash… Read More

  • Plastics regulation: is that a flying pig I see?

    Plastics regulation: is that a flying pig I see?

    Ministers have long been reluctant to act on single-use products in the face of industry resistance – but Philip Hammond’s budget suggests the tide is turning. By David Burrows. It took well over a decade for the Westminster government to… Read More

  • UK food waste strategies don’t measure up

    UK food waste strategies don’t measure up

    Westminster’s plans aren’t good enough to even be included in a major global study, writes Nick Hughes. How do approaches to tackling food waste in the UK compare with other countries? The answer is not very favourably, unless you live… Read More

  • Food waste breakthrough is just the beginning

    Food waste breakthrough is just the beginning

    2016 was the year redistribution went mainstream. But it’s only a sticking-plaster solution to the problem of poverty. By Nick Hughes. The year 2016 felt like a breakthrough moment for food waste redistribution. Greater public awareness of food waste along… Read More