Love Food, Hate Waste
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Love Food, Hate Waste is a campaign, launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme
in 2007, with the aim of reducing the amount of food waste in the United Kingdom
. The campaign has been promoted and circulated by many green sites. The campaign claims to have already helped almost two million households reduce their food waste
, amounting to savings of almost £300 million and stopping 137,000 tonnes of waste going being wasted.
announced plans to end the use of Use by date as he sees them as a major cause of food waste. There are plans to replace the use-by-date by new technologies such as Time-temperature-indicators
Waste & Resources Action Programme
WRAP works with businesses, individuals and communities to help them reap the benefits of reducing waste, developing sustainable products and using resources in an efficiency way....
in 2007, with the aim of reducing the amount of food waste in the United Kingdom
Food waste in the United Kingdom
Food waste in the United Kingdom is a subject of environmental, economic and social concern that has received widespread media coverage and been met with varying responses from government. Since 1915, food waste has been identified as a considerable problem and has been the subject of ongoing media...
. The campaign has been promoted and circulated by many green sites. The campaign claims to have already helped almost two million households reduce their food waste
Food waste
Food waste or food loss is food that is discarded or lost uneaten. As of 2011, 1.3 billion tons of food, about one third of the global food production, are lost or wasted annually. Loss and wastage occurs on all steps in the food supply chain...
, amounting to savings of almost £300 million and stopping 137,000 tonnes of waste going being wasted.
End of Use-by-date
In relation to the Love Food, Hate Waste campaign, UK minister Hilary BennHilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
announced plans to end the use of Use by date as he sees them as a major cause of food waste. There are plans to replace the use-by-date by new technologies such as Time-temperature-indicators