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UK: Government funded WRAP initiative announces 73 leading hotels, pubs, restaurants, and other industry bodies have signed up to its Hospitality and Food Service Agreement.
The sector wide UK voluntary agreement aims to cut food and associated packaging waste by five per cent (a CO2 reduction of 234,000 tonnes), the equivalent of approximately 100 million meals. It also aims to increase the overall rate of food and packaging waste that is being recycled or composted to 70 per cent (a CO2 reduction of 336,000 tonnes).
Organisations that opt to sign up to the agreement either join as signatories or supporters, depending on their role within the sector, with signatories reporting directly against the two main targets. Of the 73 organisations signed up to the agreement, 28 are signatories and 45 are supporters.
They include Fairmont St Andrews, QHotels, Red Carnation Hotels and The Townhouse Collection.
Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO of WRAP, said: “Tackling food waste brings significant financial and environmental benefits, as already demonstrated through our work on household food waste and within the Courtauld Commitment. I am therefore delighted that so many organisations have signed up already to the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement, and we continue to urge businesses, large and small, to sign up.”
Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, said: “The BHA is committed to working in partnership with government supporting its aim to reduce waste from food and associated packaging on a voluntary basis in hospitality and foodservice businesses. The hospitality industry and its supply chain has already made significant progress in improving its environmental performance and we are pleased to be working with DEFRA, the Devolved Administrations and WRAP (WRAP Cymru & Zero Waste Scotland) on this long-term journey to increase waste prevention and recycling rates, helping to save 570,000 tonnes of CO2 over the life of the agreement.”
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