Plans To Halve Wales’ Food Waste Announced
Plans to halve food waste in Wales by 2025 have been announced amid talks with Scotland on the circular economy and resource management.
The Welsh Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths today (17 August) announced the launch of a consultation on a non-statutory target for Wales to halve food waste by 2025, against a 2006-07 baseline.
Wales has made significant progress in recent years in reducing the amount of food we unnecessarily throw away. Recent figures, published by WRAP, show a reduction of household food waste in Wales of 12% between 2009 and 2015. Wales’ household waste is now lower than the rest of the UK by around 9%.
“In Wales we are well on our way to achieving our ambitious target to become a zero waste nation by 2050. Recycling is at an all time record high and our 60% recycling rate is bettered by just two other countries in the world”
Lesley Griffiths made the announcement as she welcomed the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Roseanna Cunningham, to Wales. Scotland was the first country in the UK to set a food waste reduction target.
