food waste
Air Products launches online calculator to help manufacturers balance food & plastic waste
Air Products has launched an interactive, online tool that enables food manufacturers to assess which packaging provides the best solution to minimising food waste and reducing the carbon footprint of a product.
Food Waste Action Week helping to tackle climate emergency
Food Waste Action Week (1-7 March) is being delivered through WRAPs well-known Love Food Hate Waste, along with cook, TV presentor and author Nadiya Hussain.
Creatively sustainable
Food and drink companies have achieved a 55 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions – five years before the target was due to be reached.
Food and drink companies beat CO2 reduction targets five years early
The Food and Drink Federation’s sustainability-focused Ambition 2025 Progress Report highlights that food and drink companies have achieved a 55% reduction in CO2 emissions five years before the target was due to be reached.
Too Good to Go tackles Best Before food waste in partnership with top UK brands
The ‘Look, Smell, Taste, Don’t Waste’ campaign educates and reminds consumers to trust their senses instead of just following “Best Before” date labels.
Digitalisation unlocks the innovation to eliminate waste
We grow enough food to feed the population twice over, yet more than two billion people experienced moderate or severe levels of food insecurity in 2019, equating to around 26.4% of the world’s population. How do we reduce global food loss across the food supply chain as food waste is increasing in the UK?
Address excess on World Food Day, urges Bureau Veritas
Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a new-found consumer awareness about the importance of food security.
Kerry to reach over two billion people with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030
Kerry Group’s ambitious sustainability strategy includes a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2030 and achieve net zero before 2050.
Campden BRI calls for partners in project to extend fish and seafood shelf-life
Research will undertake microbiological, chemical and sensory testing to see if reviewing standards can achieve improved shelf-life.
Israeli startup eliminates plastic packaging with food waste
W-Cycle’s new sugarcane waste-based packaging is plastic-free and fully compostable.
Food-to-go employees lack tools to tackle food waste
A new report from food app Too Good To Go has found that nine out of ten employees are negatively impacted by how much food their business wastes.
IFST releases new food waste resources
The IFST has released a new Food Science Fact Sheet to provide clear, concise and scientifically reliable information.
We’re all responsible for food waste
We need a cultural shift in our attitudes towards food.
Zero Waste Scotland offers to cut costs and food waste with updated business support
Zero Waste Scotland’s Food Waste Reduction Business Support now provides free online virtual assessments.