The amount of packaging on over 140 of Marks and Spencer’s best-selling products has been slashed by the retailer, which has also released its waste figures for the last year.

The first delivery of food waste has been tipped at ReFood’s new £32-million anaerobic digestion facility in Dagenham, the largest food waste recycling plant in London.

Draft guidance on ‘best before’ dates, freezing information and other storage tips has been published by WRAP today, and will be under consultation for the next month.

Sainsbury’s has launched a ‘smart’ label for its own-brand ham that will give consumers a more accurate idea of how fresh the product is in a bid to cut cooked meat food waste.

SUEZ has announced that it is rolling out Organix, the ‘first digital marketplace for organic waste’, across France with the aim of connecting organic waste producers with biogas operators.

IKEA has committed to cutting food waste produced by its food operations by 50 per cent before the end of 2020 using a new smart solution technology that measures food waste and allows staff to identify ways of cutting it out at source.

Brewer and pub retailer Greene King has announced a zero waste to landfill target for 2020, with a number of initiatives being introduced across its operations to eradicate landfill waste.

A group of world-famous chefs are spreading the word about the growing problem of food waste through an Anthony Bourdain-backed documentary – ‘WASTED! The Story of Food Waste’ – which will get its UK premiere in London next week.

OLIO has launched a new donations feature to its food sharing app which encourages users to make a pay-as-you-feel donation to a food charity, with Feedback and FareShare the first to benefit.

Major retailers Sainsbury’s and M&S have suspended their partnerships with food redistribution organisation The Real Junk Food Project over an investigation by West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service.