food waste

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

HelloFresh: I reviewed three recipes to see what the fuss was about

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

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...

A flight lands at Edinburgh Airport, but will air travel become more expensive as fewer people are able to board the same flight? (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Lockdown may usher in a new age of 'the people's austerity' – Bill Jamieson

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

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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

Scots throw away 2.6m slices of bread every DAY

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

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

Food and drink suppliers do their bit to protect the planet

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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How we can all help reduce Scotland’s food waste

An Action Man, a live badger and a set of false teeth are just some of the objects discovered in Scotland's sewers. Pictures: Contributed

Dead sheep, Action Man found in Scots’ sewer pipes

Letters: Let’s make Edinburgh rock, even if The Boss can’t help

Should we start eating badgers?

Concerns over composting as study reveals health risks of recycling organic hous...

Analysis: ‘Grow your own’ is the way ahead

Recycling overhaul in Midlothian

Capital to sink teeth into food recycling

'Throwing out food worth millions' - hotels and restaurants under fire

City plans recycling service for food waste
A FOOD waste service which will see Edinburgh residents put their slops out alongside their recycling is set to be launched for thousands of homes within months...

City gets taste of food waste plan

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