Aurivo partner with FoodCloud to help combat food waste
Aurivo Co-Operative is partnering with food social enterprise programme, FoodCloud to combat food waste by sending quality, surplus milk products to FoodCloud’s network of charities and community groups. The partnership will ensure that people in need will have access to Aurivo’s quality products, while also eliminating food waste through FoodCloud’s Galway redistribution warehouse where food will […]
GIY launch ‘WASTED’ with some of Ireland’s Top Chefs on board
To reduce the 200,000 tonnes of food going to waste in the Irish foodservice sector each year GIY has joined forces with some of Ireland’s top chefs to launch ‘WASTED’ a national, peer-to-peer education programme for chefs to reduce food waste in the foodservice industry. The initiative is supported by the Department of Environment, Climate […]
Over 4,000 Householders benefit from MyWaste.ie’s Food Waste Separation Roadshow
More than 4,000 households have benefited from MyWaste.ie’s Food Waste Separation Road Show which visited 11 locations across the country in November and December this year. As part of the roadshow MyWaste.ie’s Food Waste Separation Teams travelled to some of Ireland’s largest towns, met with shoppers, and handed out free household food waste separation […]
Save €700 per year by taking simple steps to reduce food waste
The average Irish family will save €700 per year by taking simple steps to reduce their food waste. Vegetables, fruit and salad are the foods that are thrown out most often in the home. Ireland has committed to halving food waste by 2030. Scientists estimate that food waste produces up to 10 per cent of […]
IFA Potato Chairman Says Retailers Are Causing Food Waste
IFA Potato Chairman Thomas McKeown has called on all retailers to recognise the work of potato farmers and to consider the economic sustainability of the Irish potato sector. In recent weeks some retailers have raised the specs on potatoes to unattainable levels. This is hitting producer incomes and leading to high levels of food waste. […]
Food Waste is robbing you blind: freeze your food before its use-by date to save money and reduce global greenhouse emissions
Food waste is costing Irish households up to €700 per year, and 68% say that food passing its use-by date is the main reason we throw out food. Latest EPA survey reports that only 10% of people rate themselves as good at keeping track of food in the fridge. EPA campaign highlights that freezing is […]
Unwrapping Ireland’s food waste: Bread is Ireland’s most wasted food, with 41% of people reporting they throw away bread
Food waste is an issue of high concern for Irish people and they are willing to take action. Main reasons for waste are food passing its Use-By date and forgetting to eat leftovers in time. After bread; vegetables, fruit and salad are the foods that are thrown out most often in the home. During the […]
High levels of Food Waste identified in Irish food businesses
Action to reduce food waste brings climate benefits and cuts costs – including potential savings of over €300M per year for Ireland’s hospitality sector. The EPA is hosting the 3rd Forum on Food Waste today, Wednesday 10th July, bringing together business and policy leaders from across the food supply chain. The theme of this year’s […]
There’s more to food waste than wasted food – National Stop Food Waste Week, 12- 19 June
The EPA is leading a National Stop Food Waste Week campaign to highlight issues and raise awareness on food waste, from 12-19 June. Globally, one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted and every year people in Ireland waste over one million tonnes of food. The campaign […]
Irish households and businesses need to improve their waste separation
“That doesn’t belong there!” is the key message from the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest report which examined what Irish households and businesses are putting in their bins. The study found that; The increased use of brown bins in the past ten years has resulted in a significant reduction in organic waste (food and garden waste) […]