On the 16th May the Fabian Society launched a report, Waste Not Want Not
Rachel from This is Rubbish attended the launch at the House of Lords, which brought together politicians, industry representatives, activists and campaigners to discuss the findings of the report and to try and find positive actions for movement forward.
The two more interesting findings of the repots were that individuals are just as likely to respond to environmental reasons for changing habits as economic ones, and that industry should be transparent and open about public leading the way in food waste reduction.
Discussion in the room was varied and fast moving, with little time to get into the nitty gritty on anything in particular. There was as always a disproportionate focus on consumer waste, and although there was some gentle support for TiR’s proposal of mandatory food waste auditing in industry very little focus was given to market regulation of any kind.
An interesting event worth attending, and the report is a good quick read, so have a gander.
