A new report from international climate action NGO, WRAP, highlights valuable opportunities for the Hospitality and Food Service sector to reduce the amount of food left on customers plates, but still offer value for money for diners. WRAP’s report, conducted in July 2022, provides new insights into customer behaviours and attitudes to food waste when dining out. It found that on average, people today eat out 5.2 times per month – down from 5.6 times in March 2020, immediately before lockdown. Cost of living was cited as the main reason…
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The Dirty Vegan challenges Wales to recycle more food waste to power more homes
Celebrity chef, author and ultra-athlete Matt Pritchard (The Dirty Vegan) is backing a call by the Be Mighty campaign for people in Wales to recycle more of their food waste in an effort to combat climate change and reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels for energy. Food waste in Wales can be converted into energy through specialist facilities across the country, and in 2021-22 more than 10,000 Welsh homes were powered by food waste recycling. But data shows that last year approximately a quarter of all general rubbish contained…
Read MoreUK households could get 2.5 days a year back by making the most of the food that they buy
To mark the third annual Food Waste Action Week, which launched yesterday, new research from Love Food Hate Waste has revealed that time-strapped people could get back 2 ½ days a year by using up uneaten food[i]. This equates to treating ourselves to a weekend away with friends or family or having enough time to binge-watch a whole series of Love Island and still having ‘me’ time to go to the gym or out for a long walk! According to a poll of 2,000 adults, the nation dedicates an average…
Read MoreGuardians of Grub Ambassadors assemble!
Influential Guardians of Grub Ambassadors, from across the UK Hospitality and Food Service sector, convened in London for a special roundtable summit organised by climate action NGO WRAP and hosted by BM Caterers. The meeting, held on Monday 23 January, agreed a set of actions to help the sector reduce its 1.1 million tonne food waste footprint. The Ambassadors, who are joined by two new Ambassadors this year, renewed their commitment to tackling food waste by releasing a joint statement: “As Guardians of Grub Ambassadors, we recognise the urgent need…
Read MoreCollaboration between international NGOs coordinates efforts to tackle plastic pollution ahead of Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
The World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Initiative and international climate action NGO WRAP – organisations leading work reducing the impacts of plastics – have joined forces to drive forward global action on plastics through greater knowledge exchange. The three organisations, which share a common vision for a circular economy for plastics, have each been running national level initiatives since 2018, which now span more than twenty countries. By working more closely together, they will be sharing learnings and best practices on a…
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