Action to stop the waste of food.

Following a call for action, all major supermarkets have signed the government's proposed ambitious pledge to halve food waste by 2030 and save families across the country billions of pounds every year. 

Key facts: 
  • An estimated 10.2 million tonnes of food and drink are wasted each year, worth around £20 billion.
  • Families spend £15 billion every year on food that ends up being thrown away, worth £500 a year for the average household. 
  • More than 100 of the biggest players in food have signed a pledge to take ground-breaking action to drive down food waste. 
  • The leading household names took the step after the government's Food Surplus and Waste Champion urged them to ‘Step up to the Plate’ and they will also help raise awareness of the issue through a week of action. 
  • To go further in meeting our pledge the government is inviting organisations to apply for the second round of more than £6 million funding to slash food waste. 

Why this matters: 

Food waste is an important environmental and economic challenge facing our society. That’s why we are working with business to cut down food waste, be a global leader on this issue, and stay on track to halve it by 2030.

Comments

Jim said…
So what actions does the pledge contain in order to reduce food waste? Removing 'best before' dates from canned foods might be a good start. Stop people throwing out perfectly good food as its 'out of date'

Use by dates are different and of course should stay, that's for health reasons. Also I'm not sure how we could convince chickens to lay eggs without use by dates on them.
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