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We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

Tips for cutting food costs

15 November 2023 By The YPO Food and Catering Team

Despite news articles reporting that inflation overall is reducing and the government is confident about achieving targets to halve inflation by the end of 2023 from its high of 10.7%, food costs still appear to be as high as ever, with very few opportunities to take advantage of falling prices.
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How to reduce pumpkin waste this Halloween

23 October 2023 By The YPO Food Frameworks Team

Did you know pumpkins cause 18,000 tonnes of waste after Halloween each year? In this blog, we discuss the best ways to help cut down on pumpkin waste around Halloween, including how YPO food waste frameworks can help.
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Get involved this National School Meals Week

09 October 2023 By The YPO Food and Catering Team

National School Meals Week is a week that celebrates everything great about the school meals industry. LACA, the school food people, have been running the event since 1993 and has grown year on year. Find out more about the week and how to get involved in our latest blog.
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Food waste management: An interview with LARAC

27 September 2023 By Dr Wendy Fail - Senior Waste Management Officer at Northumberland County Council

As local authorities wait to hear from the UK government when food waste recycling will begin and what funding they shall have, we've spoken with waste management expert Dr Wendy Fail, who is the Senior Waste Management Officer for Northumberland County Council, winner of the LARAC 2021 “Outstanding Contribution to Recycling Award and now part LARAC executive board.
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Our guide to food waste disposal bags

24 July 2023 By Katie Hart - Account Manager at Cromwell

The UK government is set to implement regular and separate collections of food waste from every home and business. This will boost recycling levels across the whole country.
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Food waste legislation – are you ready?

29 June 2023 By The YPO Food Frameworks Team

Local Authorities in England are only required to ensure food waste is collected and disposed of with no stipulation that it must be separate from general waste or recycled. This is set to change with the possible implementation of stricter legislation in 2023 which will introduce mandatory separate food waste collections, with a targeted 75% recycling rate by 2030.
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The importance of food hygiene in the kitchen

05 June 2023 By James Blaxland - Business Development Executive at Drywite Ltd

Good food hygiene is an essential part of health and safety in the kitchen. Knowing how to handle, store and prepare food in a safe way is an important skill to have.
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The food framework updates

12 May 2023 By The YPO Food Frameworks Team

Our food framework team are busier than ever, supporting customers who are looking for compliant solutions with third-party, pre-approved food suppliers.
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A look into the polymer circularity process

23 March 2023 By Curtis Oakley - Market Design Executive at IPL

With limited time and resources on this planet, we must be conscious of our environment. A sustainable world depends on a ‘circular economy’, which is an alternative traditional ‘take-make-dispose’ system. Recycled polymer circularity is an important part of achieving this.
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Food waste and the circular economy

07 March 2023 By Vicky Horsfield - Category Manager for Facilities Management at YPO

Having a circular economy model by having measures such as having separate food collections contributes to the streams to reduce waste and reuse elsewhere. A circular economy for food waste also provides the opportunity for greener jobs and training opportunities with a focus on net zero.
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