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Municipal waste is banned from going to landfill. but has essentially been delayed until the end of 2027

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Island pupils bring food waste recycling home - with help from King

Public diners became popular after the war in a bid to feed the nation good quality and low-cost food. A drive is on to get them serving in Scotland once more. ( Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Smith Jack/WikiMedia

The movement to bring public diners back to Scotland

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Exclusive SNP under fire for 'costly wasted opportunity' to cut waste

Co-op has launched a new ‘Too Good To Waste’ scheme to reduce food waste (Photos: Pexels)

Major UK supermarket cuts bakery prices by 50% to fight food waste

Customers can reserve a bag through the app in advance.

Dozens of Greggs stores offering hot food ‘Grab Bags’ from just £2.99

HelloFresh sends out just the right quantity of fresh foods and other ingredients in a box, straight to your door

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Morrisons giving away 185k wonky carrots this Christmas - how to grab

The Shelfy claims to be able to make food last up to 12 days longer

This gadget can make food last longer in your fridge - we've tested it

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Aldi will be reducing food waste by removing pineapple crowns. (Photo credit: Aldi/Getty)

Aldi makes change to fruit product in a bid to save food waste

Sustainability experts, Business Waste, found that Brits fill around 7 million bins worth of food waste over the festive season.

Unique ways to reuse leftovers and save money this Christmas

A sculpture shows the enormity of food waste collected over the summer

Here are 15 foods you can eat past their expiration date, saving money and reducing food waste.

15 foods you can eat way past their expiration date

Aldi making huge change to milk bottles in stores

Another major UK supermarket is introducing new vacuum packaging for its beef mince products - despite complaints against Sainsbury’s who became the first chain to make the controversial switch earlier this year.

Another supermarket makes controversial switch to vac-pack mince

Tesco to scrap use by dates on range of own brand dairy products

Camilla, Queen Consort has been forced to cancel events after testing positive for coronavirus. (Credit: Getty Images)

Queen Consort Camilla pulls out of another engagement due to Covid

The ‘Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ boxes, which contain an assortment of surplus fresh fruits and vegetables, are now available across 200 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide beginning this week.

Sainsbury’s launches £2 fruit and vegetable boxes

Co-op to remove best before date from 150 fruit & veg products

Iceland has teamed up with Currys and Birds Eye to hand out free freezers to low income families

Iceland to giveaway free freezers to low income families

Aldi will be offering customers discount "magic bags" of food almost about to expire.

Aldi announces ‘magic bags’ filled with £10 worth of food for £3.30

Tesco extend Plant Chef range during Veganuary

Carved pumpkins are a feature of Halloween, but what happens to their flesh? (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Philip Lymbery: Rotting pumpkins are a reminder of terrifying cost of food waste

British households look set to throw out nearly 200,000 tonnes of food this Chri...

Zero Waste Scotland x Gary Maclean

Scotland's National Chef shares tips on how to waste less food this Christmas

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Aberdeenshire pumpkin patch owner releases new cookbook to tackle food waste

Picture: Gary Maclean

Scran season 3: A sustainable guide to cooking

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Scotland's National Chef Gary Maclean shares festive recipes - plus tips on how ...

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What's the difference between best before and use by dates?

Halloween pumpkins are a major source of unnecessary food waste (Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Food waste: Why we must rediscover the wisdom of our ancestors – leader comment

Alfonso's fish-and-chip shop in Earlston High Street.

Neighbours objecting to Earlston fish-and-chip shop’s bid to open later

John Profumo, seen in 2005, quit the Cabinet in 1963 for lying to MPs about his affair with Christine Keeler (Picture: Chris Young/PA)

Alexander McCall Smith: This column is private and not to be read

Cutting food waste is key to tackling the climate emergency.

Scottish diners should ban garnishes and ask for doggy bags in bid to tackle cli...

This target was the first of its kind in Europe and recognises the critical role of food waste reduction in the fight against climate change

Ad Feature Driving action to cut out food waste

This target was the first of its kind in Europe and recognises the critical role of food waste reduction in the fight against climate change

Ad Feature Driving action to cut out food waste

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Ad Feature Environmental innovation is winning formula for Scottish firms

Disposing of fruit and vegetable peel in the correct way can help to power Scottish homes. Picture: Getty

Scots recycling more food to make green energy and cut emissions

Too Good To Go

Too Good To Go: The app that aims to reduce restaurant food waste while offering...

Scots throw away 2.6m slices of bread every DAY
Scots throw away an estimated 2.6 million slices of bread every day, but work is now underway to change date labels on food to encourage consumers to enjoy prod...

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To photograph Charity Freeshare Glasgow & West of Scotland launching their Holiday Hunger campaign.
Pictured is school kids with left to right Nikki McDonald, Giovanna Eusebi

Glasgow deli owner joins FareShare's campaign to fight holiday hunger and target...

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Tesco to remove some fruit and veg '˜best before' dates to cut down on food wast...

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Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean gives top tips for reducing food waste

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Millennials urged to freeze bread to cut down on food waste

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Top Scots chef teams up with Zero Waste Scotland to help Scots tackle food waste...

Zero Waste Scotland estimated last year that 1.35 million tonnes of food and drink is wasted in Scotland every year

Ifeyinwa Kanu: Food waste could cost us the Earth

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Top tips for reducing food waste in your home

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Food and drink suppliers do their bit to protect the planet

We've a handy list of tips to minimise your fresh food wastage. Picture: TSPL

9 inspiring tips for keeping vegetables that help to reduce food waste

2,900 tonnes of beef 'thrown away by households every year'

The UK's biggest grocery chain said the plan followed a "farm to fork" commitment to tackle food waste from its suppliers, through stores and into customers' homes. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Supermarkets pledge to cut food and drink waste by 2025

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Expert warns of hefty fines if businesses don’t recycle food waste

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Scottish Chef Tony Singh and Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead serve food to local mum Sarah Holmes and her daughter Emma (9 months) in Edinburgh made from festive leftovers.

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