{"value":{"id":1470197,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-06-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-06-16T00:00:00","uin":"17974","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help encourage (a) the public and (b) businesses to limit food waste.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4380,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is investing £2.6 million this last year to combat food waste. That includes funding the Waste and Resources Action Plan (WRAP) and through them we work to address food waste in households and supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>We support the Courtauld 2030 Commitment, a voluntary agreement with industry to tackle food waste, which includes a target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against a 2007 baseline. Action through Courtauld includes working with businesses to measure and reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap and the key tool to Target Measure and Act on waste. The Government is currently conducting a consultation on options to improve food waste reporting by large businesses as measuring leads to a reduction in waste.</p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/improved-food-waste-reporting-by-large-food-businesses-in-england\" target=\"_blank\">Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Courtauld signatories also play a key role in providing consumers with support in reducing food waste at home for instance through offering storage advice and appropriate labelling.</p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://wrap.org.uk/taking-action/food-drink/initiatives/courtauld-commitment\" target=\"_blank\">https://wrap.org.uk/taking-action/food-drink/initiatives/courtauld-commitment</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government also funds WRAP's citizen campaigns such as Food Waste Action Week and Love Food Hate Waste, which aim to raise public awareness of food waste and the ways in which citizens can reduce it. This includes advice on how to shop for, store and cook foods in ways that minimise waste.</p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>New s45 of the Environmental Protection Act (as amended by the Environment Act 2021) will require all local authorities in England to arrange for the collection of food waste for recycling. This must always be collected separately from residual waste and dry recyclable materials so that it can be recycled. Research has shown that helping people to understand what they throw away can help them to cut down on food waste. Dates for the requirement to introduce food waste collections from households will be published shortly.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Food: Waste","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1470197","method":"GET"}]}