A NEW TARGET to ensure that no waste from the events sector ends up in landfill has been announced. As part of the ”Zero waste events: a 2020 vision”, a new “roadmap” has been published to help the UK’s £36 billion events industry better manage [...]
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL caterer the Brookwood Partnership has teamed up with recycling company Cawleys to increase the array of recycling options available to their clients. Brookwood has launched Cawleys Eco Eating system into a number of sites across their portfolio, recycling both food waste and food [...]
CALLS FOR a ban on sending food waste to landfill will fall on deaf ears, according to reports. At the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) annual exhibition in Birmingham yesterday, there were calls to ban food waste from landfill to help stimulate anaerobic digestion (AD). AD currently [...]
THE LONG-AWAITED voluntary agreement on waste for the hospitality sector looking more likely to be end of June with many more hurdles to overcome. A progress report of the Governments waste review 2011 stated that development of the so-called Hospitality and Food Service Agreement [...]
However innovative disposables manufacturers are in producing bio-degradable and recyclable solutions for packaging, they cannot control whether the consumer uses the appropriate waste stream if, indeed, said waste stream exists. John Young, Foodservice Sales & Marketing Director of food packaging and disposables giant Huhtamaki, talks to Kathy Bowry about the problems faced. There seems to [...]
Brakes Group has committed to support FareShare, the food charity for the poor and vulnerable. And there is a double feel good factor for the company doing good for others is also cutting the companys carbon footprint. Brakes Group, working in partnership with FareShare, the UKs only national food charity, and a number of [...]
