Waste Management

Deposit return scheme 'won’t include glass in England and Northern Ireland'

20-Jan-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The government’s latest plans for a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers won’t include glass bottles in England and Northern Ireland, it has been confirmed.

SRA to help restaurants reduce food waste

21-May-2019 By James McAllister

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is to support 100 restaurants in reaching national and international food waste reduction targets as part of a new initiative.

London restaurants commit to cutting food waste

14-May-2019 By James McAllister

Brasserie Zedel, Angela Hartnett’s Café Murano and Hawksmoor Air Street are among 11 restaurants from across Regent Street and St James’s to collectively commit to reducing food waste by 25% in the next year.

Chefs called upon to cut food waste

07-May-2019 By James McAllister

Chefs and hospitality professionals are being urged to act now to reduce the amount of food waste the industry creates over the next 12 years.

Is your restaurant throwing away its profits? Seven ways to cut food waste

10-Apr-2019 By Philip Simpson

It’s hard to believe but the UK ranks 24th in the world when it comes to reducing food waste. Philip Simpson, commercial director of ReFood, the UK’s leading food waste recycler, believes we can do better.

Why it makes sense to tackle food waste

09-Jul-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Summer can be a lucrative time of year for pubs, restaurants and hotels, but the warm weather can also bring issues with food waste when left out for too long. 

Brighton's zero-waste restaurant in crowdfunding drive

27-Jan-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

A Brighton restaurant that claims to generate no material waste is running a crowdfunding campaign to further extend its green credentials.

Food waste collaboration could cut business costs by 30% says report

05-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

The costs involved in dealing with food waste could be cut by as much as 30 per cent if hospitality companies collaborated on waste collection, says the author of a report into food waste management.

Work starts to improve efficiency of restaurant food waste recycling

15-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

A nationwide project is currently underway to help restaurants, pubs and hotels find more effective ways to recycle their unwanted food waste and help meet targets set by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). 

Sark’s Dixcart Bay hotel gets highest Sustainable Restaurant Association rating of 2012

31-Jul-2012 By Emma Eversham

Dixcart Bay hotel on the island of Sark has become the most highly rated business by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) so far this year after scoring highly in areas such as waste management and sourcing. 

Hilton Heathrow turns food waste into water

15-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Hilton Heathrow hotel has introduced an innovative solution to dealing with food waste by installing a Wate2Water digester.

M&B takes hit from weakened consumer spending

21-Jul-2011 By Emma Eversham

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) says it is feeling the effects of weakened consumer spending as like-for-like sales for the first 42 weeks of the year rise just 3 per cent.

Government proposal forces businesses to recycle

19-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

A proposal to ban sending recyclable items such as food, cardboard, cans and glass to landfill may mean restaurants, pubs and hotels that do not currently recycle, will be forced to do so