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The latest news and updates from our programme and the businesses taking action on food waste

Food waste action delivers climate and community wins
A national food waste reduction initiative is rescuing an extra 12,000 meals per day and helping prevent climate-warming methane emissions from [...]
Tackling Bread Waste: New Project Aims to Identify Key Drivers Across the Supply Chain
A new project bringing together leading food businesses aims to uncover the root causes of the tens of millions of loaves [...]
PMCSA report urges broader focus beyond household food waste
The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA), Dame Juliet Gerrard, has issued 27 recommendations to the government to reduce the billions [...]
Local Organisations Take the Lead in Food Waste Crisis, Amidst UN Report Finding Over a Billion Meals Wasted Daily
Food waste is in the spotlight again with the United Nations Environment Programme Food Waste Index Report finding globally over one [...]
Leading bakery producer joins commitment to reducing food waste
One of New Zealand’s largest bakery producers has joined a voluntary agreement to reduce food waste. George Weston Foods New Zealand [...]
Businesses unite to tackle food waste
40% of all food produced globally is wasted from farm to fork (2nd November, Auckland) New Zealand’s largest food businesses have [...]