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Sophie Gordon on how you can waste less with plant-based food and using up the whole vegetable

It might be pretty normal in your household to throw away potato peelings, cauliflower leaves and apple cores, but there’s a new movement encouraging us to use all those bits up to help curb the growing global food waste problem. After all, they are ...

02 Feb 2022 at 10:25

Local News

Fight climate change in Donegal by disposing of your leftover food properly

Fancy playing your part in helping to tackle climate change by disposing of your food waste in the correct manner? If so, you have an opportunity to help and learn how and get some free compost in the process! National Food Waste Recycling Week ...

26 May 2022 at 14:33

National News

REVEALED: How many Irish households throw out food every week?

New research from ALDI Ireland says two-thirds of Irish households are uncomfortable with the amount of food waste generated by their household every week. 47% of those surveyed said that they throw out food every week 65% uncomfortable with ...

13 Oct 2022 at 13:33

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REVEALED: How many Irish households throw out food every week?

13 Oct 2022 at 13:33

15,000 food waste recycling packs to be distributed - Kilkenny Live

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Raising awareness around food waste at the National Ploughing Championships - Kilkenny Live

MyWaste.ie is taking its campaign to encourage people to recycle their food waste to this year’s National Ploughing Championships. Over three days from September 20 to 22, MyWaste.ie will give visitors to the ploughing at Ratheniska, ...

16 Sept 2022 at 14:33

National News

More than 300,000 meals saved from bin by Food Waste Heroes

Some 330,000 meals have been saved from ending up on the rubbish heap in Ireland in the past year due to the efforts of some 1,800 volunteers using the Olio free sharing app. About 15,000 of these meals were saved from the bin ...

29 Dec 2022 at 19:33

EcoLive

EPA asks the people of Leitrim “Do you know which food you waste the most?”

Wednesday, 1st March is National Stop Food Waste Day, and many people in Leitrim are wasting money by unnecessarily throwing out food. With just under 250,000 tonnes of household food waste produced in Ireland every year, ...

23 Feb 2023 at 19:33

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Appeal to people in Louth to join Stop Food Waste Challenge

People in Louth are being urged to join in the the Stop Food Waste Challenge to reduce household food waste in Ireland, starting next Wednesday 1 March, National Stop Food Waste Day. The national campaign, being run by ...

26 Feb 2023 at 14:33

Business

M&S removes ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetables to tackle food waste

Marks & Spencer is to remove “best before” dates from more than 300 fruit and vegetable products in a bid to reduce food waste. Beginning this week, the 137-year-old retailer will scrap the dates from fresh produce ...

17 Jul 2022 at 23:33

Business

M&S removes ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetables to tackle food waste

17 Jul 2022 at 22:33

English councils to get £295m for implementing weekly food waste collections

Councils in England are to receive up to £295 million to support them to introduce weekly food waste collections, the Government has announced. New funding will cover the provision of food waste caddies ...

25 Mar 2024 at 16:29

Charles makes birthday visit to surplus food project

The King was presented with a home-made birthday card by a group of schoolchildren who sang Happy Birthday as he visited a surplus food project. Charles shared his 76th birthday with the first ...

14 Nov 2024 at 14:54

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