food waste

The Race Against Waste: Why 'Best Before' Doesn’t Mean Bad After

Aidan O'Sullivan talks to Odile Le Bolloch, member of the Food Waste Prevention team at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland about w...

Did you know?... 11 December, 2018

Did you know?... PepsiCo has announced the launch of Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel, a new range of Mountain Dew products specifically aimed at video gamers. T...

Food Waste To Energy Energy Project Approved For Climate Action Fund

Up to €8.5 million is being provided to support the installation of the first transmission connected Central Grid Injection (CGI) facility for renewab...

€290,000 In Funds Allocated To Agri-Food And Food Waste Initiatives

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced that up to €290,000 will be allocated to funds to food waste reduction...

Weekly Round-Up… 21 August, 2018

EU households generate around 45 kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetable waste per person per year, according to the EU’s Joint Research Centre, which...

Enough Fruit & Veg Wasted To Match Carbon Emissions Of 400,000 Cars

More than one-third of farmed fruit and vegetables fail to reach supermarket shelves because it is misshapen or the wrong size, research suggests....

Tesco UK Removes Confusing ‘Best Before’ Labels To Help Combat Food Waste

Tesco UK revealed that it is removing ‘Best Before’ labels from up to 70 of its fruit and vegetable products in order to remove waste. The r...

Lidl Ireland To Cut Plastic Packaging By One Fifth By 2022

Discount retailer Lidl Ireland has announced that it will reduce plastic packaging volumes by 20% by 2022. The retailer said that by 2025 it aims to mak...

Tesco To Donate Surplus Food On Christmas Eve