Sainsbury’s has announced that it intends to rollout its ‘Waste less, Save more’ programme across the UK, investing funds in education and innovative initiatives to combat food waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new reprocessing contract for Casepak, new packaging made from eggshells, RCVs for students and HSBC funding for a waste start-up.

Paris is to begin delivery of its separate food waste service in partnership with Novamont, it was announced last week.

Packaging materials made from upcycled agricultural residual waste have been named ‘Bio-based Material of the Year 2017’ at the 10th International Conference on Bio-based Materials.

Marks & Spencer has announced it plans to include chilled food in its nationwide food redistribution scheme as part of its ‘Plan A’ target to reduce food waste by 20 per cent by 2020.

Tesco’s Annual Report has revealed that the retailer sent 148 per cent more surplus food to community schemes last year, but that food waste across its stores also rose by almost 10 per cent.

Sainsbury’s defends own record in the battle against food waste after the release of EFRA report, while campaigners welcome its recommendations.

Novamont’s MATER-BI bioplastic carrier bags have been shown to be 100 per cent biodegradable in anaerobic digestion plants in Germany, a scientific study has shown.

The government should establish a national food waste reduction target, with retailers forced to publish figures on their food waste, after a voluntary approach has proved ‘inadequate’, says Parliament’s EFRA Committee.

Organisers of the Giro d’Italia are placing the focus on sustainability for the annual bike race, starting this May.