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Government pledges £1.15m towards fighting food waste

Published on: 30 January 2020
Published by LNB News

LNB News 30/01/2020

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Issue Date: 30 January 2020

Published Date: 30 January 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the government’s plan to allocate £1.15m of funding to English businesses and not-for-profits so that they can better educate the public on the reduction of food waste. In the UK, this currently amounts to 4.5 million tonnes per year. Guidance will be given on how to store fresh food, as well as converting waste food into new, edible products. The government has also introduced new grants with the purpose of cutting down on UK food waste by 20%, ideally by 2025. Defra has further stated that food waste levels in the UK have fell by 480,000 tonnes between 2015 and 2018.

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