Resources
Prepared by the World Bank and WRAP on behalf of the government of Mexico, the Conceptual Framework brings together the data on food loss and waste in Mexico for the first time, painting a compelling picture of the current situation an creating a framework for action.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Unsustainable production and consumption of food constitutes one of the biggest environmental threats to our planet. Eliminating food loss and waste to the largest extent possible – at all stages from producer to consumer – stands out as an urgent and indispensable step towards more sustainable food systems.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This document provides a summary of the methodology for the Household Simulation Model (HHSim).
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
Outlining progress made in the second year of the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
- More than 70 new food organisations have joined the Roadmap in the last twelve months, committing to ‘Target, Measure, Act’ on food waste in their operations, supply chain and customer base.
- Businesses implementing 'Target, Measure, Act' have increased from 121 to 171.
- 180,000t of food (worth £300m) across 45 companies reporting comparable data has been saved from becoming waste by Roadmap members.
- New Whole Chain toolkit equips businesses to tackle supply chain food waste farm to fork.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
This guidance provides detailed advice and practical examples on approaches for measuring food waste in effluent streams, primarily for food producers and manufacturers, supporting delivery of the UK’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Manufacturers
- Waste management and reprocessors
WRAP and UK food businesses have agreed some common guidelines for measuring and reporting on food surplus and waste, consistent with the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard)
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Hospitality and food service
Distributing unwanted or surplus food via ‘food banks’ and redistribution charities puts food that would otherwise have been wasted to good use.
Both residents and business in the community can donate to such schemes.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Non-governmental organisations
This section of the Waste Prevention Hub describes the extent of food waste in the home and how it can be prevented.
WRAP’s Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) campaign contains useful reference material that local authorities can draw on to promote food reduction in their area.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Household food waste
- Local Authorities
There are a number of existing tools and benefits calculators which can be used to predict and monitor the impact of waste prevention activities. The tools use different information and methodologies to generate the results. Some offer a predictive indication of the potential impact of a service or activity to inform decision making whilst some will provide a retrospective impact based on activity information. The most appropriate tool for a local authority will depend on their specific monitoring and evaluation needs.
- Waste management and end markets
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Local Authorities
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Local Authorities
There are various ways to approach measuring the impact of a service or waste prevention activity. The appropriate approach to adopt will depend on the service/activity being measured and the time and resources available for monitoring. Common approaches are outlined below with more detail available in the monitoring and evaluation guidance section.
There are also a number of measurement tools available which will indicate the impact of an intervention, during the planning and/or delivery stages.
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Local Authorities
After making a strong case for waste prevention in your local authority, it is important to begin developing a plan.
- Waste management and end markets
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Local Authorities