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Fonterra’s waste not, want not approach to wastewater
8 August 2016 | By New Food magazine
New wastewater treatment technology at Fonterra’s Edendale site is turning dairy waste into fertiliser that is helping local pastures flourish.
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Food waste in Italy to be slashed by revolutionary new law
4 August 2016 | By Roy Manuell
Food waste is to be tackled by new measures in a law passed by the Italian Senate that will make it easier for businesses and farmers to donate excess produce to charities and those in need.
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‘Joint Ambition’ on food waste plan
25 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food
Unilever and Hubbub have launched a five-point action plan to boost business collaboration and customer awareness of food waste reduction efforts...
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Cut your food waste by freezing and reheating leftover food
18 July 2016 | By Lisa Farland, Happy To Survive
To help combat food waste, Happy to Survive have created an infographic on reheating food. Lisa Farland discusses more about reheating food here...
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EFRA Committee launches food waste inquiry
11 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The EFRA Committee are to focus on consumers, the retail and hospitality sectors, and local government in their food waste inquiry...
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FSA tackles misconceptions on how to freeze food safely
4 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The FSA is focusing this year's Food Safety Week on helping people to understand how to waste less food safely by making more of their freezers...
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Mars releases its sixth annual Principles in Action Summary
1 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The summary shows progress Mars has made in the areas of sustainability, health and wellbeing, food safety, responsible marketing, and workplace engagement...
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Tesco introduces ‘wonky’ cucumbers to its stores
23 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The cucumbers are priced at 35p per 100g and will form part of the Perfectly Imperfect range, which so far includes parsnips, potatoes and strawberries...
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The FLW Standard: helping companies across the globe manage food loss and waste
22 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
New Food caught up with Brian Lipinski to find out more about the FLW Standard and the growing issue of food loss and waste...
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Love Health Hate Waste: breathing life into foods past their BBEs
22 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
New Food caught up with Gavin Edley, Managing Director of Love Health Hate Waste, a business that buys and sells Best Before Date expired health foods...
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New Standard a global step in fighting food waste, says Nestlé
7 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard is a tool that can be adapted worldwide by all parts in the food chain from farm to fork...
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Time to sort out food waste, says TOMRA
12 May 2016 | By TOMRA
Almost a third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten, leading to 1.3 billion tons of food waste each year...
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Smartphone app concept aims to reduce food waste by 34%
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Loughborough University researchers have developed an app concept which aims to change consumer behaviour and attitudes towards food waste...
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Start-up competition Green Alley Award 2016 kicks off
27 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
This year, Green Alley aims to impact Europe’s waste problems, reduce its effect on the environment and create new economic opportunities...
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High energy whisky (with water) – how membranes can provide sustainable water systems and energy recovery for distilleries
26 April 2016 | By New Food
Scotch whisky production is one of the industry’s most conservative sectors but it is increasingly looking to new technologies to improve sustainability, minimise costs and maximise operational benefits. Three key areas of consideration are the reduction of waste; overall energy use; and water consumption – to meet the Federation House…
