Agri-Business
The retailer has announced the opening of a new animal feed production facility in Northamptonshire with capacity for up to 1,000t a week.
The Department for Environment, food and Rural Affairs has allocated £13.6 million funding to charities across the UK to food surplus.
According to new research from Aldi, the average UK household discards up to £520 worth of food every year.
Environment
A new food waste initiative enabling farmers to sell surplus produce to community organisations has received ImpactU funding
Irish technology company, Positive Carbon, which specialises in food waste reduction technology, has announced the expansion of its...
€2.3 million in seed funding has been secured by Positive Carbon, to control food waste management in the UK and Europe
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland (NI) company has been shortlisted for the Earthshot prize ‘Unique Approach to Food Waste Prevention'.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has removed the use-by dates across its RSPCA Assured Select Farms British and organic fresh milk.
Other
Premier Foods and FareShare have teamed have today announced a new long-term partnership aimed at tackling food waste.
The Walmart Foundation has awarded nearly $750,000 to WRAP, the UK’s leading sustainability charity delivering behaviour change...
Agri Politics
Businesses and not-for-profits in England will benefit from £1.15 million of funding to help them come up with new ways to tackle food waste.
The Government will today invite food redistribution organisations to apply for the first £5 million round of funding available to reduce food waste.
The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has received full backing from the NFU, which has encouraged its members to play their part.
Giving surplus supermarket food to charities will not solve hunger or food waste problems, a paper by the Food Research Collaboration claims
'Although a number of EU policies have the potential to combat food waste, their potential is not being exploited.'
Around 88m tonnes of food waste generated annually in the EU, with related costs estimated at €143 billion.
'In the EU, around 88m tonnes of food waste are generated annually with related costs estimated at €143 billion.'
The purpose of the shop is not only to prevent food waste in Denmark, but also to create profits for the world's poorest and ensure global sustainability.
France has gone ahead with its plans to ban supermarkets throwing away unsold food, with its senate passing the new law.
France's Parliament has voted unanimously in favour to ban food waste from large supermarkets by outlawing the destruction of unsold edible food, France Info reports.
