Tag: Food Waste Action Week

By Sunday 15 March, an average UK household of four will have already wasted £200 of edible food this year

Stuart Mitchell

New survey data from Love Food Hate Waste shows that almost two thirds (64%) of people in the UK agree that some food waste at home is inevitable and that there’s little they can do to avoid it. When asked why, the key reasons for most relate to food spoilage and expiration dates, the complexity and unpredictability of daily life, and issues with cooking and portion control. The survey also showed that 80% of people asked believe they waste less food than the national average. Love Food Hate Waste is…

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WRAP announces Food Waste Action Week 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Key news: ‘Win. Don’t bin.’ WRAP’s food waste campaign Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW), announces third annual Food Waste Action Week (FWAW) – the UK’s largest food waste behaviour change campaign aiming to cut household food waste, slash food shopping bills and save the planet. Ocado Retail becomes the first campaign sponsor. When: Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 6th – Sunday 12th March 2023. Objectives of Food Waste Action Week: The third annual FWAW will build on the success of this year’s campaign which was supported by…

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Food Waste Action Week – organisations urged to join forces to fight food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Food waste brand Love Food Hate Waste is delighted to announce the first corporate donors for next year’s Food Waste Action Week (Monday 7th to Sunday 13th March), with supermarket Aldi, online supermarket Ocado Retail, food manufacturers Danone and Dunbia and food service provider Sodexo the first to put their names to the campaign. Love Food Hate Waste is keen to involve many more organisations to broaden the impact the Week will have through their customer and membership channels and is encouraging more to donate and put their stamp on…

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WRAP’s first Food Waste Action Week alerts UK citizens to the link between wasting food and climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Not wasting food was high in the public mind during the inaugural Food Waste Action Week 2021. Partnering with celebrity cook, TV presenter and author Nadiya Hussain, Food Waste Action Week tackled food waste to help save the planet. Spreading the message that ‘Wasting Food Feeds Climate Change,’ the Week set the British public a #FoodWasteActionChallenge to help reduce their household food waste. One in three UK adults heard or saw messaging about food waste during this first annual week of action, delivered by Love Food Hate Waste @lfhw_uk. More…

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WASTING FOOD FEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE: Food Waste Action Week launches to help tackle climate emergency

Stuart Mitchell

Cook, TV presenter and author Nadiya Hussain has joined environmental charity WRAP for the UK’s first national week of action to tackle household food waste and drive home the message, Wasting Food Feeds Climate Change. Running from 1-7th March, Food Waste Action Week is being delivered through WRAPs well-known Love Food Hate Waste brand to mitigate the devastating impact food waste has on the planet. When it comes to food waste at home, UK households produce around 70 per cent of the UK’s 9.5 million tonnes of food waste every…

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