UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner told us “In a world of seven billion people, set to grow to nine billion by 2050, wasting food makes no sense – economically, environmentally and ethically. Aside from the cost implications, all the land,
water, fertilizers and labour needed to grow that food is wasted – not
to mention the generation of greenhouse gas emissions produced by food
decomposing on landfill and the transport of food that is ultimately
thrown away. To bring about the vision of a truly sustainable
world, we need a transformation in the way we produce and consume our
natural resources.” Simple actions by producers,
manufacturers, retailers, the hospitality industry and consumers - all
of us really - can dramatically cut the food lost or wasted each year.
After all here in the UK the average UK family could save £680 per year, and the UK hospitality sector could save £724 million per year by tackling food waste and the value of waste in the manufacture and retail of food and drink in the UK is £5bn.
WRAP is working with industry to tackle this issue here in the UK and helping consumers through Love Food Hate Waste to take small steps which will make a big difference.
The new Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Footprint campaign
to reduce food waste around the world, so we can all work together to
make a difference, was launched on the 22nd January in Geneva
by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO); in partnership with WRAP and many other supporters.
The campaign specifically targets food wasted by consumers, retailers
and food manufacturers and the hospitality industry. Their premise is
that we all need to THINK about and be mindful of our food consumption patterns, we all need to EAT, and we all need to SAVE
food, especially in developed countries and among the middle classes of
the developing ones. If we can ‘Reduce our Foodprint’, we can reduce
humanity’s impact on our planet.
For more information on the global campaign visit www.thinkeatsave.org and www.fao.org/save-food, to find out more about what WRAP's doing with industry go to www.wrap.org.uk/food or for ways to tackle your own food waste take a look around Love Food Hate Waste today.
After all here in the UK the average UK family could save £680 per year, and the UK hospitality sector could save £724 million per year by tackling food waste and the value of waste in the manufacture and retail of food and drink in the UK is £5bn.
WRAP is working with industry to tackle this issue here in the UK and helping consumers through Love Food Hate Waste to take small steps which will make a big difference.
The new Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Footprint campaign
to reduce food waste around the world, so we can all work together to
make a difference, was launched on the 22nd January in Geneva
by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO); in partnership with WRAP and many other supporters.
The campaign specifically targets food wasted by consumers, retailers
and food manufacturers and the hospitality industry. Their premise is
that we all need to THINK about and be mindful of our food consumption patterns, we all need to EAT, and we all need to SAVE
food, especially in developed countries and among the middle classes of
the developing ones. If we can ‘Reduce our Foodprint’, we can reduce
humanity’s impact on our planet.For more information on the global campaign visit www.thinkeatsave.org and www.fao.org/save-food, to find out more about what WRAP's doing with industry go to www.wrap.org.uk/food or for ways to tackle your own food waste take a look around Love Food Hate Waste today.
Together across the world, each of us taking small steps, we can really make a difference
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