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22:01:2010

Food 2030: more action needed on food waste

May Gurney believes that the Government's new food strategy, which was published last week, doesn't go nearly far enough to make any real difference with regard to the issue of food waste recycling.

Food 2030 is the first of its kind in more than 50 years. In it the government sets out its vision of what it wants the food system to look like in 2030, and how to get there.

However, May Gurney would like to see all local authorities collect separated food waste as soon as possible, and by 2020 at the very latest.

Our experience working with 18 councils across England and Wales shows that the key to success is to make it easy and convenient for consumers to recycle, ideally through weekly collections.

In fact, when consumers actually see how much food they throw away May Gurney has discovered that they generate around 25% less waste.

In addition to using food waste to generate energy and displace petrol-based fertilisers, every tonne of food waste avoided is worth 4.5 tonnes of C02, which helps towards climate change.

In the meantime, May Gurney is urging people to support WRAP's 'Love Food, Hate Waste' campaign at: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

Click here to read more about Food 2030.