Tesco cuts ties with food waste processor after row hits progress on environment

Unwanted items the supermarket thought would feed animals were used to generate energy

Tesco has found that thousands of tonnes of unwanted food it thought was going to feed animals has instead been used to generate energy, dramatically damaging its progress on reducing food waste.

The UK's biggest supermarket had said it had cut food waste by 45% between the 2016-17 financial year and 2023. But it has been forced to reduce the figure to just 18% after discovering that an unnamed food waste processor breached the terms of its contract.