Tag: WRAP

WRAP urges hospitality and food service CEOs and leaders to take a stand against food waste

Stuart Mitchell

The hospitality and food service (HaFS) sector throws away 1.1 million tonnes of food every year. 75% of this food could have been eaten, costing businesses and organisations £3.2 billion. Guardians of Grub, a food waste prevention programme for HaFS delivered by global environmental action NGO WRAP, is calling on the sector’s CEOs and directors to rise up and lead the way in tackling food waste, ensuring that all food purchased is eaten and not binned. Currently, almost one fifth of food purchased by the sector is thrown away.  November…

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WRAP brings Circular Living to life and advances global mission

Stuart Mitchell

Global environmental action NGO, WRAP, set out its newly focused global mission to leading organisations at a special event in London recently – to bring Circular Living to the heart of business and public life around the world.   The mission to drive forward Circular living on this scale is supported by WRAP’s continued international expansion with offices in Australia and the USA, and a move into Europe before the end of 2024. The organisation’s growth is part of its strategy to 10x its impact, which already sees it operating…

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WRAP proposes government consider policy change to expedite removal of packaging on 21 fresh produce items

Stuart Mitchell

On the eve of WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment Summit 2024, WRAP published a policy recommendation paper, to support action towards its call for fruit and veg to be sold without packaging. The recommendation is for a packaging ban on 21 fruit and veg items, to be developed via a formal consultation process. This recommendation has been created in consultation with industry stakeholders from across the value chain. Selling these 21 items loose has the potential to save approximately 100,000 tonnes of edible fruit and vegetables from being wasted annually in people’s…

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WRAP calls for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty

Stuart Mitchell

INC5 is taking place in Busan, Republic of Korea, where 170 countries are locked in debate over the Global Plastics Treaty. The Treaty must agree high ambition and actionable strategies which businesses and governments will follow and monitor.  As an official observer, WRAP is sending a delegation to engage with key parties on the ground and report on its experiences of reducing plastic waste with partners around the world and in the UK. The team are available for comment and interviews throughout the negotiations.  WRAP’s delegation will be joined by…

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WRAP look to tackle the environmental crisis with a bold new identity

Stuart Mitchell

NGO WRAP have unveiled a new identity with the following post on their website. Take a look at the site and the new exciting identity: The action we are all taking – governments, businesses, NGOs and individuals – continues to be inadequate to meet the environmental crisis. It’s an uncomfortable truth, but one we must confront head-on.  We need to do more, faster, on a bigger scale. WRAP included. Rising to this challenge is no small task. In a world where economic and political landscapes are in constant flux, and…

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