Books
Waste
Tristram Stuart
Publisher : Penguin (02 Jul 2009)
ISBN: 9780141036342
Tescopoly, How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters
Marcus Simms
IBSN; 9781845295110
Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
Vandana Shiva
Publisher: South End Press (October 1, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0896087824
The Political Economy of Diet, Health and Food Policy
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 10, 1998)
ISBN-10: 0415163668
Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Vandana Shiva
Publisher: South End Press; Soft Cover edition (January 1, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0896086070
Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Raj Patel
Publisher: Melville House; 398 edition (April 1, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1933633492
Local Food – how to make it happen in your community
Transition publications (2009)

Films
King Corn (2007)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
Our Daily Bread (2006)
Super Size Me (2004)
Food, Inc. (2009)
End of the line (2009)
Slaughterhouse; the task of blood (2008)

On Wednesday 20th January This is Rubbish attended the Cymru WRAP Resource Efficiency conference in Cardiff.

The conference was organised to discuss three main issues; how can businesses realise the benefits of reducing waste, how can resource efficiency help Wales achieve its climate change targets and how can WRAP Cymru and Government help. The conference bought together over 100 business leaders, environmental experts and members of the WAG Government.

Waking up early on Wednesday and going through the agenda, we weren’t sure of how the conference really related to This is Rubbish’s campaign objectives, as there was no specific mention of food waste. The focus was on reducing waste and maximising the efficient use of resources in general. The agenda looked broad and potentially too business- focused for our campaign to really be relevant in the context. We decided to go anyway and get our first taste of a corporate, political and expert waste reduction discussion. Read on >

Feeding the 5000 was a fantastic event, and something that This is Rubbish are extremely proud of being an active part of. We did it first and foremost to draw attention to the epic problem of food waste occurring in the UK and globally. We also were there to refocus attention the where the most food is wasted and suggest methods of reducing the severe scale of food waste that currently occurs at every stage of our food supply chain. We feel TiR’s communication objectives were achieved; not only did over 4000 people attend the event and feast on food that otherwise would’ve been wasted, the event received lots of media coverage. A sure fire way to raise public attention about the problem of food waste and propose practical and policy based solutions.

Please see below for all the press coverage that the event received. What a success!

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• Independent – news story 30th November
• Observer (review) – interview with Tristram – Sunday 13th (attached)
• Daily Mail – full page piece by Tristram –14th Dec (attached)
• Evening Standard – news story – Tuesday 15th
• Times – full page comment piece – Tues 15th (attached)
• Press Association – news story Tues 15th
• Times – Universal Daily Register – Wed 16th (attached)
• Evening Standard – piece by Rosie Boycott – Wed 16th (attached)
• Metro – news and photo story – Thurs 17th (attached)
• Guardian – leader – Thurs 17th (attached)
• FT- Lunch with the FT – taking place today at Wahaca – 26th December Read on >