THE FOOD industry needs to start treating food waste as a resource if it is to solve Europes 90 million tonne food waste problem. But, like first timers at Alcoholics Anonymous, everyone has to accept they have a waste problem before they can start to solve [...]
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WASTE HAS been cut by half at BPs headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen, thanks to a number of initiatives by its foodservice provider. Aramark has driven an improvement in resource efficiency, helping BP from a 27% recycling rate in 2008 to 70% in 2012. Other [...]
UNILEVER FOOD Solutions has launched an interactive video wall for operators to share their success and exchange best practice on reducing avoidable food waste. The wall shows how chefs and caterers have used the companys Wise up on Waste toolkit a simple waste audit to cut waste and save money. Ashley Maskel, [...]
A fund of half a million pounds was today launched to support demonstration projects which encourage the collection of food waste from businesses and public sector buildings. The fund, totalling £500,000 over the next 3 years, is managed by WRAP on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It will give the [...]
THE FOOD Standards Agency has given a huge endorsement to the safety of British eggs by relaxing its advice on using eggs after their best before date. The Agency, which had previously stated that all eggs must be used within their best before date, now says that it is ok to eat eggs a couple [...]
PRODUCT reuse could hold the key to issues of resource security says WRAP You’ll remember that the Footprint Awards we themed the evening around “upcycling”. There are echos of that concept in what WRAP have highlighted in this speech to the Green Alliance/CBI Conference. Growth of the worlds emerging economies, and a corresponding [...]
WETHERSPOON HAS begun a trial to collect food waste from over two dozen of its sites. Biffa, the companys long-term waste contractor, will collect the waste from 28 sites across the country. Most of it will end up in the Poplars anaerobic digestion plant the largest plant of its kind in the UK. Wetherspoon [...]
GROCERY RETAILERS and manufacturers in the UK are making significant progress in meeting the waste and recycling targets set out in phase 2 of the Courtauld Commitment. Companies have already managed to cut packaging weight and waste by 5.1% and reduce household food waste by 3%. This puts them well on track to meet the [...]
No Time to waste Footprint’s Early Adopters Round Table gets the ball rolling on WRAP’s planned voluntary agreement to reduce packaging and food waste in foodservice. Recent Events 14th June – Government Waste Review Published 14th June – WRAP unveils plans to save economy £2 billion 7th July – Hospitality waste report outlines opportunity to save [...]
Sodexos global strategy on reducing waste across its vast estate is taking form and promises to be a benchmark for foodservice businesses in the battle of the waste bulge. Just over a year ago Sodexo published its Better Tomorrow Plan, the companys global sustainability strategy. Covering the Sodexo estate in 80 countries with 33,900 [...]
