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National Food Waste Recycling Week launched

National Food Waste Recycling Week which runs from the May 30 until June 6, 2022, is a new national campaign from MyWaste.ie to encourage people to recycle their food waste. A previous study by the Environmental Protection Agency found that ...

30 May 2022 at 17:07

National News

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

New research says two-thirds of Irish households are uncomfortable with the amount of food waste generated by their household every week. The survey commissioned by Aldi Ireland revealed the following key findings: 47% of those surveyed ...

13 Oct 2022 at 11:16

National News

Minister calls for restaurant seconds to be offered for free to cut food waste

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has suggested restaurants should offer seconds for free in order to cut food waste. He said it is “purely common sense” for businesses to offer seconds rather than put large portions on ...

08 Jan 2024 at 18:49

Home

Turkey sandwiches are a favourite to use Christmas leftovers and help reduce food waste

A recent EPA survey found that 44 per cent of people reported that they waste more food at Christmas, with over 70 per cent admitting that they buy extra food ‘just in case’ they have unexpected visitors. The figures show ...

25 Dec 2023 at 11:00

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 13:27

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National Food Waste Recycling Week to take place this June

This year, National Food Waste Recycling Week will take place from 5th until the 11th June 2023. The aim of this national campaign is to encourage people to continue to recycle their food waste, providing them ...

24 May 2023 at 15:26

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 ...

23 Feb 2023 at 16:45

Local 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 ...

29 Dec 2022 at 11:00

Lifestyle

Tips to avoid throwing out up to €700 worth of food every year

The EPA’s Stop Food Waste Programme is encouraging everyone to make the most of their food, and avoid throwing out up to €700 worth of food every year. To this end, the Stop Food Waste week will ...

12 Jan 2018 at 14:07

Home

Cut food waste this Christmas

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten TD has urged people to do what they can to avoid wasting food this Christmas. Every year, Irish homes and ...

22 Dec 2017 at 15:14

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