List view / Grid view

Food Waste

 

article

Regulation: Food for animal feed should not be classified as waste

26 April 2016 | By Paul Featherstone, Group Director, SugaRich

It is estimated that grocery waste at the manufacturing and retail levels amounts to 6.5 million tonnes (Mt.) annually. Food manufacturers are taking steps to reduce this waste and linear resource use (produce – use – throw) is becoming passé. Now the concept of the circular economy is gaining momentum,…

article

The food waste challenge

14 April 2016 | By Monica Jacobsonn, Content Manager at Happy To Survive

Here Monica Jacobsonn, lifestyle blogger and Content Manager at Happy To Survive, discusses the challenge food waste poses to households and manufacturers...

article

The importance of water quality for distilleries

22 February 2016 | By Jeff Arnett, Master Distiller, Jack Daniel’s

The founder of the Jack Daniel Distillery, Jasper Newton ‘Jack’ Daniel, was known for his belief that “every day we make it, we’ll make it the best we can”. This tradition continues to guide the way that Jack Daniel’s makes its Tennessee whiskey. Resource conservation has been part of this…

news

Stepping up to the war on food waste

10 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, addresses some of the issues highlighted by a recent documentary looking at food waste in the UK...

article

Improved aquaponic technology for efficient and sustainable food production

28 October 2015 | By Sophia Minero, Consultant, AliénorEU

Feeding the growing world population in a sustainable way requires both political and technological solutions. The European Union is at the forefront of the global debate on food security and protection of the natural resources that become scarcer and scarcer. In 2010, the European Union launched the Europe 2020 strategy…