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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Mandate Food Waste Reduction

The UK wastes 1.9 million tonnes of food every single year. But, according to WRAP, this could be redistributed as 360 million meals.

For the sake of sustainability, and to end food poverty, we need a regulatory approach to food waste.

More details

http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/quantification-food-surplus-waste-and-related-materials-supply-chain

https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7552

https://fullfact.org/economy/how-many-people-use-food-banks/

https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/

http://www.fao.org/3/i3347e/i3347e.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/action-to-reduce-food-waste-announced

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230559

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