Tag: food waste

Integrating perspectives on consumer perceptions of food safety, nutrition and waste

On 16th April the 2nd in the series of ESRC funded seminars on Food Options, Opinions and Decisions (FOOD) took places at the Food Standards Agency in London. The aim of the series is to understand and improve UK...

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Just one more day… could reduce food waste by 5%

A new report from WRAP suggests that increasing the product life of a range of foods – by just one day – would eliminate 0.2 million tonnes, 5%, of household food waste.

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NEC sending their food waste for anaerobic digestion

The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) produces around 120 tonnes of food waste a year. This is set to become the source of power for Severn Trent Water’s sewage treatment works at Coleshill.

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Reducing food waste in Birmingham: an update

The Love Food Hate Waste project in Birmingham is going from strength to strength. Here is an update from project co-ordinator Emma Barnett:

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What is Birmingham doing to address food waste?

Based on its population, Birmingham accounts for approximately 1.5% of the UK’s waste. When we’re talking about food waste, that adds up to over 80,000 tonnes a year:

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Learning how to not waste food

I attended a Love Food Hate Waste training course recently. Their website has a host of information about avoiding food waste, but I thought I’d share the tips that resonated most with me…

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Food waste & the city

Last September, we commissioned Su Balu to undertake research into food waste and the city. She reported to the Board in December, and her work is now published as an interim report: Meeting the challenges of global food security: Food...

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Discussion : Food Crime and Integrity

These are notes and quotes paraphrased from the round table discussion at the Food Crime and Integrity Event Wednesday 3rd December 2014. Comment: It’s really pleasing that the Elliott report was produced – and that the FSA are developing the food crime...

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Nick Lowe, from Birmingham Environmental Health: an update on what’s happening locally

These are notes paraphrased from Nick Lowe’s presentation at the Food Crime and Integrity Event Wednesday 3rd December 2014. I though I’d start with a mention of this – as we talked about the horse meat scandal – I want to...

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Potato eyes

Do you remember when potatoes had eyes? When did you last have to dig one out?

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