Resources

Increasing the amount of food surplus that is redistributed from food businesses is a key strand of the strategy to reduce food waste, to deliver the Courtauld Commitment 2025 (Courtauld 2025) target and ultimately the Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. There has been a significant increase in activities aimed at achieving this, with good progress being made over recent years (Surplus Food Redistribution in the UK; 2015 to 2017).

The following organisations have committed to the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap and the Target, Measure, Act principles.

WRAP’s mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy through:

• re-inventing how we design, produce and sell products
• re-thinking how we use and consume products
• re-defining what is possible through re-use and recycling

Galvanising the entire plastics value chain around a common roadmap for flexible plastic packaging. 

• Practical guides developed with industry.
• Help plan and undertake field measurements.
• Field Record Sheet & Reporting Template to help record measurements.
• Enable growers to identify opportunities to reduce waste and increase marketed yield.

New guidance addresses the confusion over compostable plastic packaging giving retailers and manufacturers the tools to make the right decisions when considering using compostable plastic. 

There are many considerations when deciding on pack design, label layout and content. 

The purpose of this guidance is to ensure that bread and bakery goods are properly labelled and stored and used correctly in the home.

Setting out the UK’s vision for best in class design in rigid household plastic packaging. Includes plastic packaging currently classed as recyclable and the ambition for recycled content. 

Defining the actions the hospitality and food service sector will take to help to deliver the UK Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.