13th February 2024 Food WasteAuckland Airport is expanding its food waste composting scheme at the domestic terminal to now include some parts of the food and beverage areas of the international terminal.
12th December 2023 Food Waste / Restaurant AssociationA food waste behaviour change pilot involving 120 cafes and restaurants across Auckland and the Bay of Plenty regions will get underway in February 2024.
4th October 2023 Food Waste / OpinionA new study shows value can be created from food waste by turning it into highly desirable nanocellulose.
28th September 2023 Food Waste / PricesNew Zealand’s annual food waste bill has risen to $3.2bn on the back of rising food prices, even though the amount of food being discarded has gone down.
11th July 2023 Food Waste / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs-owned Pak’nSave says its artificial intelligence-powered online mealmaker tool for customers is proving popular, being accessed by more than 33,000 people since it launched a month ago.
7th July 2023 Food Waste / GovernmentThe government is investing $4.6m from the Climate Emergency Response Fund into four projects tackling food waste.
6th July 2023 Food Waste / Goodman FielderFood manufacturers are constantly weighing up the juxtaposition of food waste versus plastic packaging down to individual product level, according to Goodman Fielder’s Hamish Conway.
21st June 2023 E Tipu 2023 / Food WasteCreating a secondary market for byproducts is one viable solution to reduce food waste and loss, according to the executive director of charity NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3, Kaitlin Dawson.
15th May 2023 Awards / Food WasteThe Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance data impact project has been nominated for a WasteMINZ Award for Excellence.
3rd April 2023 Auckland / Food WasteAuckland Council’s food waste collection service, one of the largest of its kind in Australasia, will roll out to about 500,000 households over the coming months.
29th March 2023 Food Waste / GovernmentThe government has launched The New Zealand Waste Strategy, based on circular economy principles that support both emissions and solid waste reduction goals.
21st March 2023 Food Waste / OpinionCradle-to-grave emissions from food loss and waste represent half of total greenhouse gas emissions from food systems.
8th March 2023 Food Waste / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs North Island is trialling a stock management tool designed to help supermarkets reduce the amount of food that goes to waste.
3rd November 2022 Food Waste / Te PaeTe Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is launching a partnership with the local Canterbury Community Garden Association to supply the waste converted by its food dehydrator to the organisation.
21st October 2022 Food Waste / ReportDame Juliet Gerrard, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, has published her second report as part of a wider food waste series.
17th October 2022 Food Waste / OpinionWith food security, production systems and the environment under pressure, think tank Te Puna Whakaaronui takes a look at what is happening – or should be happening – in New Zealand.
5th October 2022 Food Waste / SustainabilityFood companies including Countdown, Goodman Fielder, Silver Fern Farms and Fonterra are founding signatories of a new sustainable food system initiative, Kai Commitment.
28th September 2022 Food Waste / UnileverUnilever’s Best Foods is partnering with the Vodafone Warriors and Love Food Hate Waste to create “The Best Foods Food Waste Warriors” campaign.
13th September 2022 Food Waste / FoodprintFoodprint has launched in Hamilton, enabling people in the city to buy surplus food from local eateries at 30% – 100% off the normal price, helping to reduce food waste and keep it out of landfill.
6th September 2022 Events / Food WasteThe second New Zealand Food Waste Summit is heading to Wellington on 29 September, bringing together players from across the food chain to brainstorm how innovation can reduce food waste while also addressing food security.
25th August 2022 Countdown / Food WasteRegistrations open this week for New Zealand’s first Zero Food Waste Challenge, kicking off on 19 September.
26th July 2022 Food Waste / FoodprintFood rescue app Foodprint has expanded launching in Christchurch on Monday 25 July.
22nd July 2022 Events / Food WasteUniversity of Otago’s Food Waste Research will next week be hosting the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dame Juliet Gerrard, and her team for a two day visit.
16th June 2022 Food Waste / InnovationRescued commodities platform pilot scheme has already got the backing of Citizen Collective, Chia Sisters and others.
25th May 2022 Food Waste / InnovationKPMG’s Matthew Lancaster on the impact the technology could have in food and fibre training and education, or on cutting food waste.
13th May 2022 Food Waste / ResearchMicro-organisms in bacteria and fungi could help transform food waste into high-value products that would boost the economy by $1.6bn a year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
6th May 2022 Food Waste / FoodprintFood rescue app Foodprint has gone live in the Waikato region officially launching in Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Raglan.
18th March 2022 Charity / Food WasteMore than 10 million kilograms of food – totalling over 29 million meals – was rescued and distributed by agencies to send to people in need in the year to January, says the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance.
12th November 2021 Food WasteWaste Management Institute New Zealand has partnered with NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3 to reduce the amount of food thrown away.
18th October 2021 Food Waste / RecyclingThe government is seeking feedback on proposals for a new waste strategy and options for legislation.
9th September 2021 Food WasteA study led by researchers from the University of Auckland has found that less food is thrown away during lockdown.
23rd July 2021 Food Waste / FundingThe government is pumping a total of $1.56m into five projects to help address food waste.
22nd July 2021 Food WasteOver a billion tonnes more food is being wasted globally than previously estimated, according to a new report.
21st July 2021 Food Waste / FundingQueenstown’s Hilton Hotel, perishable food rescuers KiwiHarvest and Wanaka reusable cup service Wanakup, were among nine applicants that would receive QLDC funding for waste reduction projects.
2nd July 2021 Food WasteSustainable packaging manufacturer BioPak has launched a new not-for-profit compost network which it says aims to provide a solution to doubling landfill levies.
29th April 2021 Food WasteResearchers and campaigners call on government to use plan to halve food waste by 2030.
25th February 2021 Events / Food WasteNew Zealand’s inaugural Food Waste Summit, Te Hui Taumata Moumou Kai o Aotearoa, will take place at Villa Maria Winery on Monday 22 March.
