date:Mar 13, 2014
A recent FDF waste survey, published jointly with WRAP, reveals the waste management improvements food and drink manufacturers are making year on year.
In 2006 16.5% of food and packaging waste was sent to landfill and this was reduced to 12.5% in 2008 and to 9% in 2009.
In 2012, manufacturers prevented 250,000 tonnes of food from entering the waste stream by redistributing it to other uses, notably to animal feed.
Recycling showed a significant increase with 28% of all waste managed in this