Food Waste

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Carina Millstone, executive director at charity Feedback Global, explains why food banks cannot be used as a tool to end food waste and poverty

Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Activism

Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise

Change can often be slow. But an inspiring group of activists and campaigners are showing how it can be done

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

FoodCycle runs community meals across the country and works to tackle food waste, poverty and loneliness all at once. The Big Issue headed to one of their meals in Wandsworth

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world
Envrionment

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world

Coronation Food Project: How King Charles plans to ‘tackle food waste and food need’
King Charles

Coronation Food Project: How King Charles plans to ‘tackle food waste and food need’

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Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland
Hunger crisis

Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope
Cost of living crisis

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope

Max La Manna: Stopping food waste one banana skin and mushy cereal bowl at a time
Stop Food Waste Day

Max La Manna: Stopping food waste one banana skin and mushy cereal bowl at a time

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions
Carbon Footprint

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions

How to make your Christmas dinner sustainable
Christmas

How to make your Christmas dinner sustainable

Almost 200,000 tonnes of food was wasted in the UK last year
Food waste

Almost 200,000 tonnes of food was wasted in the UK last year

Seven ways to reduce food waste when you’re on a budget
Food waste

Seven ways to reduce food waste when you’re on a budget

How a mission to prevent food waste ended up feeding hundreds of thousands of Brits
Cost of Living Heroes

How a mission to prevent food waste ended up feeding hundreds of thousands of Brits

Here’s how you can waste less food and help save the planet
Food waste

Here’s how you can waste less food and help save the planet

The growing movement to end UK waste incineration
Air pollution

The growing movement to end UK waste incineration

Food waste is rising again now lockdown has ended
Environment

Food waste is rising again now lockdown has ended

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty
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‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty

Jamie Oliver and Tesco launch cookery school to fight food waste
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Jamie Oliver and Tesco launch cookery school to fight food waste

London’s luxury Langham Hotel is adding its afternoon tea to a food waste app
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London’s luxury Langham Hotel is adding its afternoon tea to a food waste app

Leftover bread is being turned into new loaves in a bid to end food waste
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Leftover bread is being turned into new loaves in a bid to end food waste

The UK food industry has adopted a revolutionary new food waste plan
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The UK food industry has adopted a revolutionary new food waste plan

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New app Karma brings food waste battle to UK
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New app Karma brings food waste battle to UK

World-famous chef teams up with revamped drop-in centre to feed community
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World-famous chef teams up with revamped drop-in centre to feed community

The Real Junk Food Project founder faces prosecution over out-of-date produce
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The Real Junk Food Project founder faces prosecution over out-of-date produce

Britain bins 1.4 million edible bananas every day
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Britain bins 1.4 million edible bananas every day