Article archive for WRAP
Food firms pledge environmental savings (26 January 2011)
Some of the UK’s biggest grocery and construction companies have this week pledged to make resource savings by signing up to two environmental responsibility deals
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1m tonnes of waste prevented by Courtauld (22 September 2010)
The UK’s grocery sector has prevented 1.2m tonnes of food and packaging waste from entering the household waste stream over the past five years, figures published by WRAP show
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Coalition moves on Courtauld 2 (01 July 2010)
The new coalition Government showed its support for Courtauld Commitment 2 when new Environment Minister, Lord Henley, attended the inaugural meeting of signatories in London
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Dairy brands sign up to reduce waste (08 March 2010)
Dairy companies are among the vanguard of organisations signing up to reduce packaging waste under the Courtauld Commitment 2
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Scottish Water Horizons food digester arrives (24 December 2009)
Scottish Water Horizons is encouraging the food industry to make a fresh start in 2010 by recycling food waste, helping to cut costs and divert food from landfill
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Renewable energy from dairy waste (16 October 2009)
Clearfleau says it has had its liquid anaerobic digestion technology selected as part of a preferred project, through the Environment Transformation Fund (ETF) Anaerobic Digestion demonstration programme
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Industry partnerships to reduce waste (11 September 2009)
New industry partnerships led by WRAP could reduce food and drink product damage throughout the supply chain and improve product quality - by developing new category-specific innovations in manufacturing, packaging, storage, distribution and retail
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WRAP invites retail partners to pioneer project (24 April 2009)
Research to be undertaken by WRAP will identify the total amount of waste generated in the UK retail supply chain for the first time, and allow companies to accurately benchmark themselves against aggregated data
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CFA welcomes WRAP decision on waste (05 February 2009)
The Chilled Food Association (CFA) has welcomed a recent WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) decision to change the way domestic food waste is categorised in their calculations
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Grocery sector commits to waste reduction (30 January 2009)
The UK’s top grocery retailers, brands and manufacturers have committed to an industry-wide food waste reduction objective for the first time
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