Food waste has been included with other general waste materials for some time, and with clear evidence of long-lasting damaging effects on our environment, it is certainly a timely amendment to the UK Environmental Act 2021. Mandatory food waste collections across England are being introduced to every workplace, that employees 10 full time staff or more. Scotland legislated the separation of food waste in 2016. The UK produces a huge amount of food waste every year, with WRAP (waste recourse action programme) reporting 9.5 million tonnes of food waste each year, shockingly most of which was either landfilled or incinerated. WRAP calculated this will have caused 25 million tonnes of harmful Greenhouse Gases to be released from UK landfills. And calculated that 6.5 million tons of the food waste produced could have been eaten. This is why food Re-Distribution is an essential stage of food waste management, one that Modus Food Waste Recycling includes in their service. Click here for food re-distribution. What is food waste?Food Waste, or Food Loss is food that has been lost, wasted or uneaten at various stages of the food supply chain beginning
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