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24 June 2014
New insights on how to reduce household food waste
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) welcomes new valuable insights from WRAP on
how to reduce household food waste.
Today's report from WRAP highlights that 2 million tonnes of household food is discarded because it is
not 'used in time' and highlights how spreading best practice between food
categories can lead to significant waste reductions.
FDF is a strong supporter of WRAP's Love Food Hate Waste campaign and helped
develop its Fresher for Longer initiative launched last year to help consumers
make
better use of packaging and the information it carries to reduce avoidable food
waste at home.
FDF members have also contributed to the achievements so far under the first two
phases of the Courtauld Commitment Phase and are supporting the work under
Courtauld 3, including the target to reduce household food waste by 5% by 2015
based
on 2012. In particular, food and drink manufacturers have made significant
innovations around packaging design and providing information about product
storage
and use.
Melanie Leech, Director General, Food and Drink Federation said: “Throwing away
food that is not used in time is an avoidable and expensive form of waste, both
for consumers and the environment. As manufacturers, we want consumers to get
the most out of the products they buy, whilst ensuring food remains safe to
eat.
This is why we will continue to work with WRAP, retailers and other supply
chain
partners to build on the substantial progress that has already been made and
help address the challenges that remain.”
Note to Editors:
- The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the food and drink
manufacturing industry – the UK's largest manufacturing sector. For more
information
about FDF and the industry we represent, visit: www.fdf.org.uk
- FDF is a partner in WRAP's Love Food Hate Waste and Fresher for Longer consumer campaigns
- FDF members seek to send zero food and packaging waste to landfill by 2015 and
make a significant contribution to WRAP's Courtauld Commitment 3 target to
reduce
food and packaging waste through the supply chain as part of FDF's Five-fold Environmental Ambition
More information
Contact Marita Upeniece, Communications Division, at: [email protected], or 0207 420 7140.
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