Richard Swannell
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HaFSA signatories save £3.6m and 30,000 tonnes of CO2
SIGNATORIES TO the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HaFSA) are on track to meet their waste prevention targets, saving an estimated 30,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Signatories have also saved an estimated 15,000 tonnes of waste, and £3.6million in cash.… Read More
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Footprint Awards 2015: What the industry said….
What do you get when you put some chickens, an ex-rugby international and a dishwasher salesman on a podium together at an awards do? You get a tremendously funny, yet informative night, as the Footprint Awards 2015 showed. The sustainability… Read More
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Manufacturing industry saves £2 million in water costs
SIGNATORIES TO the Federation House Commitment (FHC) significantly reduced the amount of water used in the manufacture of food and drink last year, saving the industry £2 million in the purchase price of water alone. The news comes as part… Read More
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The Co-operative introduces new environmentally sustainable bin bags
THE CO-OPERATIVE Food is to introduce the UK’s most environmentally sustainable bin liners using household plastic from across the country in a bid to make use of some of the 700,000 tonnes sent to landfill every year. … Read More
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The price of failure
WRAP IS hoping its shocking study of waste in the hospitality and foodservice sector will be enough to sting businesses into action. The Government’s waste advisers at WRAP… Read More
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More than 1.3 billion meals wasted annually in UK’s hospitality and foodservice sector
THE UK’s hospitality and food service sector is facing an annual bill in excess of £2.5 billion for food waste, a new WRAP report revealed today. The report, ‘Overview of waste in the UK Hospitality and Food Service (HaFS) sector’,… Read More
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Richard Swannell to lead live Footprint waste debate
Footprint Forum, one of the UK’s leading sustainability communities operating across the entire food supply chain, has today opened registration for its upcoming live debate, ‘Waste: A Moving Brief’. Register Here … Read More
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Tesco publishes food waste figures
TESCO HAS become the first major UK retailer to publish a complete report of its food waste. The supermarket giant tracked 25 of its bestselling products, from farm to fork, to assess where in the supply chain waste was… Read More
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Retail sector losing over £6bn through supply chain waste
NEW RESEARCH from WRAP reveals that the UK grocery retail sector could be losing as much as £6.9bn as a result of food and packaging waste in the supply chain. The new figures show that an estimated 7% of… Read More
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Side dishes to blame for food waste
MORE THAN half of consumers leave food uneaten because the portions are too big or they have ordered too much, often in the form of side dishes. New research published today, June 4th, shows that changes to portion sizes,… Read More