80% More Unsold Food Redistributed For Consumption

摘要

Unsold food being redistributed for human consumption has risen by 80 percent, according to the first year results of the Courtauld Commitment Phase 3. Figures also show a 4.5 percent reduction of the carbon impacts of packaging. Signatories reported a substantial increase in the volumes of unsold food redistributed for human consumption; from 21 000 tones to 38 000 tonnes. Signatories' efforts to reduce packaging, increase recycled content and use different packaging materials has also contributed to a significant reduction in the carbon impact of packaging, which is down by around 4.5 percent, well ahead of the 2015 target of zero increase. While there has been little change in the overall manufacturing and retail waste against a 3% reduction target, signatories report an increase in recycling and recovery, with less material going to sewer or for disposal.