Restaurants could make £7 for every £1 invested in cutting waste, report reveals
by Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#490YN)
Global study sets out how industry could make waste reduction pay, using data taken from across 12 countries
Restaurants can make a profit of 7 for every 1 they invest in cutting food waste, a global report reveals today, in findings that are hailed as proving the business case for stopping edible food from being binned.
The study is based on research for Champions 12.3, a group of political, business, NGO and farmers' leaders from across the world who have united to tackle waste, using data taken from 114 restaurant sites across 12 countries.
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