Agri-Business
Average household wastes £520 worth of food every year - Aldi
According to new research from Aldi, over half (52%) of British people admit to feeling ashamed about how much food...
Food Waste
Environment
Funding granted to food waste project tackling farm surpluses
A new initiative enabling farmers to sell surplus produce to community organisations has received an award nomination, as well as...
Agri-Business
Irish food waste tech company to create 20 new UK jobs
Irish technology company, Positive Carbon, which specialises in food waste reduction technology, has announced the expansion of its operations into...
Environment
Positive Carbon gets funding to reduce global food waste
€2.3 million in seed funding has been secured by Positive Carbon, to control food waste management in the UK and...
N.Ireland
App to reduce food waste shortlisted for Earthshot prize
A Northern Ireland company has been shortlisted for the Earthshot prize ‘Unique Approach to Food Waste Prevention’ after the development...
Environment
M&S removes use-by dates on RSPCA Assured milk
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has removed the use-by dates across its Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
Other
Premier Foods and FareShare team up to tackle food waste
Premier Foods and FareShare announced yesterday (Thursday, November 10) a new long-term partnership aimed at tackling food waste and supporting...
Environment
Walmart Foundation funds food waste trials with WRAP
The Walmart Foundation has awarded nearly $750,000 to WRAP, the UK’s leading sustainability charity delivering behaviour change interventions (BCIs), to...
Agri Politics
£1.15 million of Government funding announced to tackle food waste problem
Businesses and not-for-profits in England will benefit from £1.15 million of funding to help them come up with creative new...
Agri-Business
Cutting food waste: 'Game-changing' fund opens
The Government will today invite food redistribution organisations to apply for the first £5 million round of funding available a...
Environment
Food waste tackled in new Reduction Roadmap initiative
The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has received full backing from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), which has encouraged its members...
Agri-Business
'Giving surplus supermarket food to charities will not solve waste problems'
Giving surplus supermarket food to charities will not solve hunger or food waste problems, a paper published by the Food...
Agri-Business
Coordination at EU Commission level is 'lacking' when it comes to food waste
Although a number of EU policies have the potential to combat food waste, their potential is not being exploited, according...
Agri-Business
5 things that need to be looked at in order to tackle food waste
With around 88m tonnes of food waste generated annually in the EU, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,...
Agri-Business
'EU generates 88m tonnes of food waste each year'
In the EU, around 88m tonnes of food waste are generated annually with related costs estimated at €143 billion, the...
Agri-Business
Supermarket opens selling only out-of-date or damaged foods
Some 700,000t of food is thrown out in Denmark each year, and now one charity in the country has opened...
Agri-Business
France bans supermarkets throwing away unsold food
France has gone ahead with its plans to ban supermarkets throwing away unsold food, with its senate passing the new...
Agri-Business
France is to ban supermarkets throwing away edible food
The French Parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a ban on food waste from large supermarkets by outlawing the...
