Tackling your Organisations Food Waste
As an organisation you can play a key role in shaping a food system that is good for people and our planet.
Reducing the amount of food we waste is crucial to tackle the climate emergency. Wasting food has a big carbon footprint, due to the amount of energy used for its production, manufacture, storage and, when wasted, unnecessary disposal. The impact is so great that if food waste were a country, it would have the third biggest carbon footprint after the USA and China!
While this statistic is for household waste your organisation can also make a big difference in Cambridge by establishing a sustainable and waste-free culture within your organisation. This should also include reducing reliance on single use packaging and improving recycling, for the benefit of the natural environment and the planet's resources .
Below we have provided a range of actions and resources to get you started on your organisation's sustainable food journey.
Actions your organisation could take
Reduce food waste from staff meetings.
Educate about and encourage a wasteless culture at the workplace and at home.
Provide onsite food waste recycling facilities.
Have a food waste reduction leader.
Reduce the use of disposables - get rid of the water cooler and create accessible refill stations.
Adopt a sustainable food policy.
Cambridge Sustainable Food Guidance
Get clued up - understand the impact your food choices have on climate change and discover how food waste is contributing to the climate crisis. Discover tips on waste reduction here.
Make sure to recycle your organisation's food waste that cannot be avoided or redistributed! Learn more here. Alternatively redistribute your surplus in Cambridge.
Wrap’s tools and guidance to help organisations reduce their food waste.
Cambridge University sustainable food policy covers meat and dairy, fish, Fair Trade, fruit and vegetables, food waste, plastics and packaging, energy, water and products.
Tackling Food Waste across Cambridge
Results from a food waste reduction campaign ‘Food Waste: Sort It Out!’ promoted across Anglia Ruskin University.