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‘Every $1 invested in food waste policies brings $14 in return’ – FAO Director General
A call to fight food loss and waste was on the agenda at a high-profile UN meeting.
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Sawdust to fish food: researcher works to turn waste into valuable protein
At the moment, some sawmills treat sawdust as special waste, because it can’t be put to good use. Growing sawdust piles can even limit production. Risto Korpinen from Luke thinks that sawdust could be a part of the answer to the world’s need for food.
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Food waste worries more than 75 per cent of Brits, new survey reveals
A survey conducted to mark the start of Zero Waste Week has revealed the extent of Britain's food waste worries.
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Brewers stand to save as spent grain gets new lease on life
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a process that could see 85 per cent of a brewery’s waste repurposed.
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5 ways food waste is destroying our beautiful planet
New Food in collaboration with John Hawthorne of Business Connect looks at the five main ways in which food waste is harming our beautiful planet every day.
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1.4 million bananas thrown away each day suggests Snact
Snact are on a mission to help save the UK’s ugly and unwanted fruit from going to waste, but they need your help…
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Poll reveals that more than 9 in 10 people want a plastic free aisle in supermarkets
More than 90 per cent of Britons want supermarkets to introduce a plastic-free aisle in stores according to a poll.
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Eating forward: Taking steps to combat the food waste problem
Mischka Wolfert tackles the issue of food waste, suggesting that while progress has been made, there is still a long way to go...
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UK population throws away £32.1 million worth of food every week
Is food waste simply down to bad storage on the part of citizens?
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Sustainable packaging: A necessity in the fight against a pollution crisis
A Plastic Planet, a grassroots UK-based organisation with a single aim – a Plastic Free Aisle in supermarkets - offers an insight into the necessity of sustainable packaging to fight food waste and pollution.
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Carlsberg to achieve zero carbon emissions at its breweries by 2030
The Carlsberg Group has committed to eliminating carbon emissions and halving water usage at its breweries by 2030 as part of its new sustainability programme – Together Towards ZERO.
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Consumers, not supermarkets, need empowering to tackle the food waste crisis
Or so say expert psychologists. A new transnational research study has set out the key psychological drivers that lead to consumers wasting food.
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Initiative on resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety
11 April 2017 | By New Food
On 11 April, the ENVI Committee voted on the above-mentioned draft report. This own-initiative report is part of the follow-up to the Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan. It addresses issues such as date marking, the promotion of food donation and the role of food packaging.
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New labels should reduce food waste
10 April 2017 | By New Food
Americans toss out $165 billion worth of food each year, often out of confusion about the meaning of the more than 10 different date labels used on packages
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Vacuum packaging’s key role in the great food waste challenge
The world wastes one third of all food produced. What you might not know is that food packaging can play a significant role in reducing the food industry's environmental footprint...
