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Performance of home compostables misrepresented

A new paper from Francesco Degli-Innocenti, Senior Advisor at Novamont, developer and producer of bioplastics and biochemicals, highlights how citizen science results presented in University College London’s (UCL) recent study... More

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Is biostabilisation the solution for Scotland’s Municipal Waste Landfill Ban?

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WRAP report highlights need for further action to reduce household food waste

The NGO’s guidance could see household food waste reduced by ‘at least 350,000 tonnes per year’ if fully implemented

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60 per cent of home compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate, UCL study finds
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Amelia Kelly
| 8 November 2022 |
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The research into the use of home compostable packaging shows the need for industrial composting and clearer labelling
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MPs ask Government to show how trade policy interacts with environmental goals
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Amelia Kelly
| 2 November 2022 |
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The cross-party Committee raises concerns regarding British producers moving carbon-intensive elements of their supply chains abroad 
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Tesco accelerates plan to halve operational food waste by 2025
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Amelia Kelly
| 3 October 2022 |
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Currently, the retailer has achieved a 45 per cent reduction in food waste, only wasting 0.35 per cent last year
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WRAP: G7 could save 0.8 billion tonnes of CO2eq emissions
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Amelia Kelly
| 26 September 2022 |
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The NGO outlines seven strategies to assist G7 in preventing consumption-based emissions
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Feedback: EU must consider legally binding food waste reduction targets
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Alice Lang
| 21 September 2022 |
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The group proposes a plan to address the 153.5 million tonnes of EU food lost each year
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UKRI funds £1.2 million Compostable Coalition for packaging
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The project could inform government policy and legislative interventions to meet UK Plastic Pact goals
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BDC to join two new projects developing biohydrogen technologies
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| 1 September 2022 |
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A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry.
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Sainsbury's removes best before dates from more than 250 products
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Amelia Kelly
| 31 August 2022 |
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The retailer says that date changes may save households ‘11,000 tonnes of food’ each year
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WRAP announces Food Waste Action Week 2023
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| 17 August 2022 |
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The third annual event will be held from 6 March until 12 March 
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Workforce shortages result in £60 million worth of food waste
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| 17 August 2022 |
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A lack of crop-pickers has had a detrimental impact on harvests, an NFU survey reveals
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Organic matter to hydrogen process granted £220k government funding
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Amelia Kelly
| 15 August 2022 |
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The University of Aberdeen will examine a new conversion process for ‘green sustainable energy’
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Sheffield Council and Veolia to launch food waste trial
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Alice Lang
| 3 August 2022 |
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The scheme will introduce bins, kitchen caddies, and biodegradable liners to 8,200 homes
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Waitrose to remove best before dates on nearly 500 products
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Amelia Kelly
| 2 August 2022 |
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The move could save an equivalent of seven million shopping baskets of food, WRAP says
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New research credits supply chain pressures for increase in food waste
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| 19 July 2022 |
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Industry heads have had to ‘deprioritise’ food waste as they grapple with challenges
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New EU rules aim to market more organic and waste-based fertilisers
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| 18 July 2022 |
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Fertilisers made from organic waste material could replace 30 per cent of mined fertilisers
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M&S to scrap best before dates across fresh produce to curb food waste
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Alice Lang
| 18 July 2022 |
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The move comes as the supermarket promises to halve food waste by 2030 
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Middlesbrough hospital opens surplus food shop
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Amelia Kelly
| 15 July 2022 |
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Staff are able to purchase food unable to be sold in supermarkets due to over-ordering or misprinting
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Report highlights scale of household food waste
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Amelia Kelly
| 12 July 2022 |
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Analysing Defra data, the research urges for separate food waste collections
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