food waste
New WWF and WRAP report sets out guidance on halving food waste by 2030
The report analyses the EU’s progress on Food Loss and Waste (FLW) and sets out guidance for governments, industry, researchers and NGOs on how to reach this target.
Online retailer urges households not to throw out stockpiled food
Approved Food, the UK’s largest online retailer of surplus food and drink, is continuing to urge shoppers to only buy what they need in the run-up to this year’s Stop Food Waste Day on 29 April 2020.
Arla Foods UK revamps its best-before labels
Arla Foods UK has made the decision to switch to best-before labels from 2020, to attempt to reduce dairy waste.
It has asked milk drinkers to vote on their favourite labels, of which there are three options.
Arla signs up for Too Good to Go in Germany
Arla Foods is one of more than 20 companies that has partnered with the “Often Longer Good” campaign being run in Germany by Too Good To Go, a food-rescue company.
Nearly a third of consumers bin edible food due to label confusion
New research has found many British adults end up throwing away perfectly edible produce, because they are confused by package labels.
Aldi encourages the sniff test in Germany
German supermarket chain Aldi Süd is now including comments on labels encouraging consumers to test dairy products before disposing of them.
Reducing milk waste
The news about a new report from WRAP highlighting the fact that 330,000 tonnes of milk are wasted each year in the UK, equivalent to 7% of all milk produced, should give one pause.
WRAP helping UK tackle milk waste
A new report from WRAP has highlighted that 330,000 tonnes of milk are wasted each year – equivalent to 7% of all milk produced and worth £150 million.
Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Sustainability
DairyUK welcome plans to tackle food waste
Dairy UK has welcomed today’s announcement from Britain’s secretary of state Michael Gove of an additional £15 million to tackle food waste and redistribute surplus food.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, End products, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability