by Marketing | Aug 29, 2017 | Food Waste Awareness, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
Did you know Glasgow households waste 41,000 tonnes of food – the equivalent to throwing away around 90 million meals each year? The Evening Times reports the average Glasgow household bins around 7,900 tonnes of fresh vegetables and salad and 2,500 tonnes of...
by Marketing | Jul 20, 2017 | Food Waste Awareness, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
British households throw away 7.3m tonnes of food and drink each year, which represents 71% of the total food waste produced in the UK. Most of it is preventable. Avoidable food waste costs an average British family £700 a year or almost £60 a month – money that...
by Marketing | May 17, 2017 | Food Waste Awareness, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
There are many things that have a negative impact on our planet, one of them is food waste. Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates the total amount of food waste in the UK at an alarming 10 million tonnes. This equates to over £17 billion a year, and...
by Marketing | Nov 30, 2015 | Food Waste Awareness, Reducing Packaging Waste, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
Food waste affects our environment in many ways. We may not think about this but water, energy and fuel used in manufacturing and cooking food produce harmful greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming and climate change. In addition, some products that get lost...
by Marketing | Oct 21, 2015 | Food Waste Awareness, Reducing Packaging Waste, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
As a nation, we love our food; an endless succession of best-selling books, popular magazines and prime-time TV programmes testify to the fact. Estimates by WRAP, the Government’s waste advisory body, tell us that around 7 million tonnes of food from UK households is...
by Marketing | Jul 27, 2015 | Food Waste Awareness, Reducing Packaging Waste, Reseal-it, Resealable Labels
Brand owners from world leading FMCG manufacturers gathered at the Packaging and Converting Executive Forum (PACE) in Brussels earlier this year. Angela Campbell, Resealable Labels Director, led a Roundtable event to understand the impact and importance of easy open...