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Pressure grows on retailers to get to grips with food waste
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23 Jan. — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The UN is putting pressure on the world’s retailers and their supply chains to tackle the issue of food waste. A global campaign has been launched in a bid to pressure food …
Sainsbury's offer practical steps to help customers waste less food
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21 Jan. — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A new campaign by Sainsbury’s aims to cut down on the £680 worth of food that each UK family throws away each year. According to research by Mintel Consulting in partnership …
Consumers ignoring role of packaging in keeping food fresh
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5 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Food retailers and manufactures need to do more to raise awareness amongst consumers about the role packaging and labeling has in cutting food waste in the home. According …
Best practice standard launched to support reuse of WEEE
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6 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The world’s first certification scheme to support the reuse of used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE) has been launched. The standard, known as …
UK events sector sets 2020 target to be waste-free
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6 March — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The UK’s events industry aims to be waste-free by 2020 and has launched a WRAP-backed campaign to get the sector working together. UK events are worth around £36 billion and …
Innovative container design aims to drive up kerbside recycling
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21 Jan. — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A new kerbside recycling model is being piloted in Northern Ireland in a bid to help local authorities drive up recycling rates and lower costs. Bryson Recycling is …
CIWM Great Waste Survey 2013
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7 March — started by Dave Sharrocks, CIWM
Take the 2013 Great Waste Survey, sponsored by P&L Software. Your feedback is vital (and much appreciated). It takes 5 minutes and we'll bring you the results and analysis in …
Sustainable packaging solution launches in North America
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14 Jan. — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Notbox Company is to launch its eco-friendly alternative to the cardboard box in North America. Currently cardboard is used to ship 90% of all products in the US, however …
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How Do You Deal With Waste Plastics Contaminated with Maggots?
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11 June 2012 — started by wayne priestley, Cranberry Foods
After a great start to the Hollybank sites waste recycling project, and reaching our target of 0% landfill, we have hit our first problem. Just as you start to think that …
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Farm to plate: the 33% dilemma - where does our food go?
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26 Feb. — written by Sarah Daly, mygreeneye
A new global campaign has been launched to dramatically cut the 1.3bn tonnes of food lost or wasted globally each year. Following the recent report by the Institution of …

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