Lichfield Live®Delays to delivery of vehicles see introduction of food waste collections pushed back
Dining and CookingFood waste collections to roll out after deadline
Amy Woodward – Local Democracy Reporting Service Sat, April 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC The council has been delivering free food waste caddies to households in Poole and Bournemouth Weekly food waste collections are due to roll out across Bournemouth and Poole from Monday. More than £…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #bournemouth #foodwaste #WasteDisposal
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2585736/food-waste-collections-to-roll-out-after-deadline/
BroadforkGleaning Cornwall needs volunteers. #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateAction #FoodWaste #Cornwall #Community
https://cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/members/gleaning-cornwall/
Primo Natura"As that new food caddy lands, here’s how to reduce waste – not just recycle it"
joriki"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"
"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.
Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."
https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/
EDIT: much more recent than 2016 news about programs in the US (poor results so far)
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112435/food-waste-bans-climate-change-study
dashboard for US state programs; most of the emphasis seems to be on avoiding methane production in landfills, rather than getting food to food banks and people (see link below)
https://www.climatepolicydashboard.org/policies/industry-materials-waste/food-waste-bans
252 state policies from 51 states; only two policies explicitly promoted the donation of healthy foods and beverages
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8958359/
France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste | Recycling Council of Alberta
The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates. Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to...
Waste BadgerUK #FoodWaste legislation comes into force https://www.gasworld.com/story/uk-food-waste-legislation-comes-into-force/2244427.article/
Headlines AfricaAfrica: Committed to Halving Food Waste By 2030, South Africa Doesn't Know If It's Winning: [Daily Maverick] South Africa throws away roughly a third of all the food it produces every year, about 10 million tonnes, while millions go hungry. On International Zero Waste Day, the question isn't whether we have enough food. It's why so much of it ends up in a landfill instead of on a plate, why we don't… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRnrTn #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #SouthAfrica
JuneSim63 💚"..around 40 to 50 times more energy goes into producing, transporting and selling food than can be recovered from recycling it. To drastically cut food-related emissions we need to get serious about reducing food waste, not just recycling it"
#Recycling #FoodWaste #ClimateEmergency #Food
As that new food caddy lands, here’s how to reduce waste – not just recycle it
https://theconversation.com/as-that-new-food-caddy-lands-heres-how-to-reduce-waste-not-just-recycle-it-277674
World news | The GuardianRubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/rubbish-recycling-england-changes-reforms #Waste #FoodWaste #Recycling #EthicalAndGreenLiving #Environment #England #UkNews #GreenPolitics #Plastics #ConsumerAffairs #Money
Kenya’s "wastepreneurs" turn food waste into opportunity http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRn0JB #WasteManagement #Sustainability #FoodWaste #Entrepreneurship #GreenEconomy
