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LARAC workshops show appetite for food waste recycling
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LARAC workshops show appetite for food waste recycling

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Two food waste workshops at the recent LARAC conference gave attendees a lot to digest.


With figures from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) indicating that only 12 per cent of the household food waste that is thrown away is being collected for recycling, there is clearly a big opportunity to reduce the tonnages sent to landfill or incineration.

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