Supermarkets, food manufacturers, and restaurants have backed a drive to halve the U.K.'s food waste by 2030 and save the nation at least $13 billion a year, reports Reuters. Tesco, Nestle, and Coca-Cola were among 70 companies to sign up for the government-backed voluntary monitoring plan, and will be asked to outline their actions to reduce food loss and publish details of wastage regularly in order to show their progress.
The United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization estimates that nearly $1 trillion worth of food produced is thrown out every year, and researchers fear that number could rise by a third by 2030. "It is through government, consumers, and businesses working together that we will continue to tackle the unacceptable issue of unnecessary food waste," Britain's environment minister Therese Coffey said in a statement, according to the report. Full Story
Related: University of Minnesota Studying Food Waste; Graycliff Invests in Food By-Products Recycling.
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