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Food waste is not inevitable: The new Environment Bill and its impact

On 3 November 2021 in London, experts from across the foodservice industry met to discuss the new Environment Bill in…

Packaging waste: business leads the way

Although Europe has its fair share of blame to take for global concern around packaging waste, there’s no doubt the…

Blog: reducing plastic waste in the US food industry

By 2050, the world’s oceans will contain, ton for ton, more plastic waste than fish. In the US alone, 50…

Businesses and regulators rally as fight against packaging waste heats up

With nearly 100 million tonnes of food wasted annually at a cost of €143bn in the EU alone, entrepreneurs and…

Opinion: food waste resolutions for 2018

The momentum around food waste reduction continued to build 2017. The high-profile documentary Wasted! debuted, adding celebrity chef voices to…

China’s expanding waste levels: how food delivery is creating white pollution

Disposable chopsticks, spoons and plates: these are the items that have propelled the Green Volunteer League of Chongquing, an environmental NGO,…

Starbucks UK to tackle malnutrition and food waste

Following the success of it’s trial period in Manchester, UK, Starbucks and global humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger have extended…

France bans supermarkets from wasting food

Under a new law, passed unanimously by the French national assembly in May, any food approaching its sell-by date must…

Foodservice of the future

What does the next decade or two hold in store for the restaurant industry? It may not be pretty. Slow…