Why join Eco-Eating?

 

What are the benefits of Eco-Eating to my business?  Why should I recycle food waste?

There are compelling commercial reasons why you should recycle your food waste and become a member of Eco-Eating: Many of these are driven by consumers.

1.   Consumer pressure

Consumers care about food waste.  High profile campaigns such as WRAP’s `Love Food, Hate Waste’ have stimulated high levels of awareness about food waste.  The restaurant and food service sector generate over three million tonnes of food waste each year.  Consumers are taking steps to reduce food waste at home; now they are expecting the commercial sector to do the same.

As a market leader in the  UK’s commercial food waste collection and recycling service to anaerobic digestion (AD), Cawleys has commissioned an independent research report into consumer attitudes towards food waste: ‘Eco-Eating: consumer attitudes to commercial food waste’.   This research has found that:

  • 94 per cent of people try not to waste food at home;
  • 78 per cent of people believe that where food waste ends up is as important as where ingredients come from when they dine out;
  • 44 per cent of restaurant diners would be willing to pay more in a restaurant with exceptional environmental credentials;
  • Given a choice between restaurants of equal food reputation – 69 per cent would opt for the one with the best environmental credentials;
  • 69 per cent of people care about food waste in restaurants and the workplace;
  • 85 per cent of people care about what goes on behind the scenes in restaurants.

 

where does waste food go to?

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