Cranswick plc. has surpassed the Champions 12.3 Target set in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which seeks to halve food waste and loss by 2030; instead achieving a 61% reduction in edible food waste across the business in under three years. The reduction represents the elimination of over 4,216 …
Read More »World Refrigeration Day 2020: New report shows why cold chain matters
Today, on World Refrigeration Day, the Cold Chain Federation has published a new report demonstrating the critical importance of the cold chain to UK food supply, food safety and reducing food waste. The Cold Chain details how the industry is integral to the food chain, from farm to fork. It …
Read More »Organic waste specialists collaborate in £1.25m global food waste project
Organic waste and Waste-to-Energy technology specialist Tidy Planet has partnered with shredding expert UNTHA UK, to supply an industrial-scale solution for a new multi-million-pound Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) at a gas pipeline expansion project in Indonesia. Macclesfield-headquartered Tidy Planet has previously worked on a variety of composting projects in …
Read More »Fines over food waste could be the catalyst to drive behavioural change
Philip Simpson, commercial director at the UK’s leading food waste recycler, ReFood, welcomes the idea and outlines his views on the issue. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that we need to tackle the issue of food waste, and quickly! After all, wasting more than 14 million tonnes of food …
Read More »Food waste reduction no longer an ‘option’ for the catering industry says ReFood
Restaurant, cafe and bar owners no longer have any excuses when it comes to the adoption of food waste reduction strategies. That is the clear message from Philip Simpson, commercial director of ReFood. In the light of research released by Champions 12.3*, a campaign group with the aim of halving …
Read More »ReFood responds to the Resources and Waste Strategy
Recently DEFRA launched its long-awaited Resources and Waste Strategy – an ambitious policy paper guiding England’s national approach to embrace a circular economy. Commenting on the report’s commitments to minimising food waste, Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, provided the following analysis. “DEFRA’s Resources and Waste Strategy has been positioned …
Read More »ReFood calls on households to join the festive food waste fight
ReFood is calling on households to join the fight against festive food waste, after research from the Food Standard Agency revealed that we throw away 34,000 tonnes of food on Christmas day alone. “We like to let our hair down and loosen our buckles over Christmas, but we also need …
Read More »ReFood sustainable visionary graduates with first class honours
Ronan Keane, the winner of ReFood pioneering waste management scholarship programme – Sustainable Visionaries – has graduated from Huddersfield University with a first class honours degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Awarded in July 2015, following a comprehensive judging process, the industry-first scholarship saw Ronan compete against undergraduates from …
Read More »Biffa boosts food waste capability with major investment
Leading waste services provider, Biffa, is creating a network of strategic food waste transfer stations across the UK, as it continues to lead the market in anaerobic digestion innovation. Biffa is making a £1.5m investment into four new food waste transfer stations across the UK, which will be used to …
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