The Food Waste Recycling Action Plan (FWRAP) steering group has highlighted progress over the course of the year in its first annual report.
The FWRAP is delivered by a cross-industry steering group which aims to lead the nation in seeking solutions to the food waste challenge.
The group has met four times in the past year and comprises of representatives from all parts of the food waste supply chain, ranging from the public and private sector collectors of food waste from households and businesses, through to the processors and generators of green energy that utilise the material and add value to the UK economy.
Its annual report provides a progress update on the five themes within the plan:
- Developing the business case
- Optimising food waste capture
- Communicating with householders and commercial food waste producers
- Ensuring quality as well as quantity
- Making contracts work
Ray Georgson, chief executive of the Resource Association and Chair of the steering group said the has worked hard to collaborate more effectively and identify and reconcile the blockages in the supply chain that continue to suppress the potential for collection and recycling of food waste.
“Meeting in a cross-sectoral environment such as the FWRAP Steering Group helps to improve communication and creates opportunities for collaboration.”
“In the past year real progress has been made,” he said in the foreword. “Two particularly useful highlights have been the completion of the work on a Cost Benefit Analysis Tool and the new industry guidance designed to support AD operators in meeting the challenges of handling collected household waste.
“Both of these documents are free to download and they will serve as an enabler for local authorities and food waste operators to work through scenarios for identifying costs, savings and benefits from collecting more food waste. For me, they serve to illustrate the tenor of the work completed this year.
“Meeting in a cross-sectoral environment such as the FWRAP Steering Group helps to improve communication and creates opportunities for collaboration. I am grateful to all members of the Steering Group and to WRAP for their solid commitment and support for the work to increase food waste recycling.”
