Last week, January 27, 2022, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) launched Ireland’s draft National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap.
Submissions on its draft form can be submitted by the public and interested stakeholders. The closing date for submissions is March 24.
The roadmap will set out a series of actions to halve our food waste by 2030. The DECC states that food waste is a global problem with environmental, social and economic consequences., as the growing, processing and transporting of food all use substantial resources.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that Ireland generated about 1.1 million tonnes of food waste in 2019.
Tackling food waste is one of the key steps we can take to achieve sustainability, to help combat climate change, and to support the transition to a circular economy, says the DECC.
Ireland has committed to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 – in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The development of a National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap is aimed at steering the country towards this goal.
Minister of State, Ossian Smyth, comments that “Food waste prevention is a climate action that we can all undertake as part of our everyday behaviour. Every individual, every household, every business and every organisation has a role to play.”
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