Gove appoints Ben Elliot as Food Waste Champion

Gove appoints Ben Elliot as Food Waste Champion

Ben Elliot has been appointed as the government’s first Food Surplus and Waste Champion, by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, to help promote awareness of the issue of food waste. Philanthropist Ben Elliot, the co-founder of lifestyle group Quintessentially and...
Food waste to increase by a third before 2030

Food waste to increase by a third before 2030

Global food waste will increase by a third before 2030 according to new insight from Boston Consulting Group, with research showing more than 30% of food produced worldwide is thrown away. Around 1.9 million tonnes are in the UK alone. Philip Simpson, commercial...