food waste

  • Nestlé Professional create free online waste management guide

    NESTLÉ PROFESSIONAL has launched a free online waste management course, offering practical advice and guidance on waste prevention and management strategies.                           The new e-learning resource has been developed… Read More

  • New York mayor rolls out food composting plans

    MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, Mayor of New York, has announced plans to roll out a new food waste composting scheme, aiming to divert up to 10% of the 1 million tonnes of food waste produced in the city every year.   It… Read More

  • Buying responsibly: Green10 simplifies a complex challenge

    Green10 is the new responsible sourcing initiative developed by procurement specialist Acquire Services to help foodservice businesses develop and monitor their responsible sourcing goals.                             Many foodservice… Read More

  • Cows fed old food

    COWS COULD provide a new outlet for food waste.     A trial by Company Shop, which works with charities and sells surplus food through members-only shops, has successfully reared a cow on a range of inedible food that was… Read More

  • New food waste guide

    FOODSERVICE OPERATORS in Scotland will soon have a new guide designed to show them how to cut food waste in their operations.   The guide will look at ways of reducing this food waste at source and will cover all… Read More

  • Restaurant food waste concern

    RESTAURANTS WASTE almost five times more food than the average UK household.   While hundreds of establishments have taken steps to reduce food waste, the industry average still stands at almost half a kilo of waste per diner.   The… Read More

  • FootprintCaseStudy: Pub plans meals to save waste

    Unilever Food Solutions ran a competition for chefs to win a business development session with Chris Barber, a food and business development expert and former chef to HRH Prince of Wales.  The Old Thatch in Killeagh, Cork, was one of… Read More

  • Five key steps to tackle food waste

    THE FOOD industry needs to start treating food waste as a resource if it is to solve Europe’s 90 million tonne food waste problem.   But, like first timers at Alcoholics Anonymous, everyone has to accept they have a waste… Read More

  • Games caterer chucking food away

    CATERING FIRM Aramark has come under fire for throwing away food prepared for Olympics teams.   Employees working for catering firm Aramark have told BBC London they were being ordered to throw away food meant for Olympic and Paralympic teams immediately after… Read More

  • Video: Food Waste = Money Waste

    Brilliant video graphically showing how we waste money when we throw away food.   They even capture the money wasted in the production of raw material.  Somehow it brings a smile to your face…perhaps because we all know that we… Read More