Report reveals ‘significant progress’ on packaging waste
The UK food and drink industry has made significant steps in reducing supply chain and packaging waste, according to results published today.
The figures released by WRAP show that Food and Drink Federation signatories have delivered significant progress over the second year of Phase Two of WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment. There has been a decrease of 8.8 per cent in supply chain product and packaging waste against a five per cent target, compared to 2009.
The results also show that over the same two-year period, there has been an 8.2 per cent reduction in the carbon impact of packaging against a 10 per cent target.
“These results are good news for FDF members and their suppliers, particularly at a time when there are a whole host of global pressures on business to deliver resource efficiency savings and decouple environmental impacts from the economic growth we so urgently need,” says Andrew Kuyk, FDF director of sustainability. “It is an excellent example of the results that can be achieved through voluntary agreements, where Government and industry work together to deliver a common set of aims.”
