food waste

  • EU eyes food waste laws

    THE EU’S circular economy package could include new rules to ensure more unwanted food is diverted to charities for redistribution. All member states may also have to closely monitor food waste as levels hit 100 million tonnes. The proposals are…

  • Food waste survey results

    WELL OVER three quarters (81%) of European shoppers check “use by” and “best before” dates on food, but less than half of them (40% and 47% respectively) understand the meaning of the terms.   UK shoppers are among the best-informed…

  • News review

    EU majority bans GM England is set to be surrounded by GM-free zones, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all having requested opt-outs from cultivation of GM crops. In all, 19 member states have informed the European Commission that they…

  • ‘Non’ to food waste laws

    CAMPAIGNERS WANT Britain to follow France’s example, but is targeting supermarkets the right tactic? The movement to regulate, or rather eliminate, food waste is gathering momentum. Campaigners, spurred by the introduction of a new law in France, have joined forces to…

  • News in review

    MORRISONS MAY have shed a tear when it read this week’s assessment of its move to appease disgruntled farmers.                   The supermarket will launch a new milk brand this autumn, called Milk…

  • Pictures perfect for waste reduction

    THE EYES tend to be bigger than the belly – especially when it comes to events. But spare a thought for organisers who have to second-guess not only what people will eat but how much.          …

  • Consumer goods industry commits to halving global food waste by 2025

    A THIRD of food calories produced are never eaten, costing the global economy an estimated $750 a year, and producing 3.3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, according to the Consumer Goods Forum. To tackle the issue, The Consumer Goods Forum’s…

  • Food waste an ‘enormous’ economic problem say G20 ministers

    WITH CLIMATE change impacts intensifying pressure on food supplies, action must be taken to prevent 1.3bn tonnes of annual food waste, say agricultural ministers.                   The two-day G20 meeting focused on the…

  • Pay-what-you-want pop up café tackles food waste

    RUN BY volunteers and serving meals made with unused produce from local suppliers and restaurants that would have otherwise gone to treatment, the pop up café at Hallgarth Community, Kendal, hopes to start a new food waste revolution.    …

  • Food waste gets power makeover

    A RESEARCH project which started last year has developed a process that could convert biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD) plants into wonder material graphene.                     The three-year project, funded by the…