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Tünde Nagy-Bántó<p>Self-reporting is extremely deceptive, anybody can easily spot the elephant in the room.</p><p>According to <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WrapUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WrapUK</span></a>:<br>- only 2% of all the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/UKFoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKFoodWaste</span></a> is generated by the retail sector<br>- while the households waste 60%<br>- farmers 15%<br>- the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodIndustry</span></a> 13%<br>- and <a href="https://federate.social/tags/HoReCa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoReCa</span></a> 10%</p><p>Well, I have my doubts…</p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSystems</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodRetail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodRetail</span></a></p>
Tünde Nagy-Bántó<p>In the UK 10,7 million tonnes of food is wasted per year, but there is neither official government gathered &amp; controlled information, nor policy to prevent <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a>.</p><p>The widely published UK food waste figures are self-reported data collected by the NGO <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WrapUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WrapUK</span></a> without any checks whether these numbers are true or not: <a href="https://www.wrap.ngo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wrap.ngo/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/UKFoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKFoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSystems</span></a></p>
Tünde Nagy-Bántó<p>🧵</p><p>🎧The new UK government is committed to <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ZeroWasteEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroWasteEconomy</span></a> as a key policy. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/TheFoodProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFoodProgramme</span></a> new episode on <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> explores the subject from many angles. ❤️</p><p>Highly recommend it to everybody, with big certainty most of this information holds true for any developed country.</p><p>So let’s dive in and let me add some further important facts, examples and context.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022cpb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022cpb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/UKFoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKFoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FoodSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSystems</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a></p>