Campaigners call on EU to halve food waste by 2030
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#298ST)
The initiative, which would apply to the UK if passed, would wipe out 44m tonnes of food waste every year
People are being urged to support calls by a major pan-European group to halve 'farm to fork' food waste in Europe by 2030, on the eve of a landmark vote later this month.
The European parliament's environment committee will vote on new regulations on 24 January, which are set to shape the next 15 years of EU food waste policy and have the potential to be the most ambitious, legally binding target on food waste in the world.
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