News on Waste Reduction, Valorisation from United Kingdom

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Salad leaves, bread and potatoes top the UK's most-wasted food items list, highlighting the scale of household food waste.
October 25, 2026
UK Food Waste: 5 Common Mistakes That Help Households Reduce Waste and Save Food
Brits waste 156 meals yearly as AEG research reveals confusion over food dates, reheating and storage. Experts share tips to reduce waste and keep food fresh. Potatoes rank 3rd on the list of most thrown out foods.
Post-harvest technology solutions, including advanced sorting, storage, monitoring, and renewable energy systems, help reduce food losses, lower carbon emissions, and build more sustainable food supply chains.
July 14, 2026
Post-Harvest Technology Emerges as a Key Driver of Sustainable Food Systems and Climate Goals
Advanced post-harvest technologies are helping cut food waste, reduce carbon emissions, improve storage efficiency, and strengthen sustainable food supply chains through AI, IoT, precision sorting, renewable energy, and smart cold storage solutions.
Growers and consultants examine potato crops during a field session ahead of the 2026 SACAPP conference in Dundee.
December 06, 2025
Dundee to Host SACAPP 2026 Conference Showcasing Innovation and the Future of Potato Farming
SACAPP’s 2026 conference returns to Dundee on February 5, bringing UK growers together to explore innovation, data-driven production, water resilience and new uses for potato waste, with speakers from Japan, Orkney and Scotland’s plant health leadership.
James Hutton Institute will host a webinar on 30 May
May 28, 2025
James Hutton Institute to Host ‘Potato – The Path to a Bright Future’ Webinar on International Day of Potato
Join the James Hutton Institute's webinar on May 30, International Day of Potato, to explore UK potato production challenges and innovations in breeding, sustainability, AI tools, and pest control. Hosted by NPIC and Professor Ingo Hein.
Fibe Accelerates Sustainable Fashion Possibilities with Investment Funding and Potato Yarn Breakthrough
September 07, 2024
Potato Yarn Breakthrough: Fibe Accelerates Sustainable Fashion Possibilities, creating textile fibre from potato harvest waste
Fibe, a London-based material science company, has developed the world’s first textile fibre from potato harvest waste (stems and leaves), garnering the attention of investors and industry experts alike.
Snack A Jacks Bagless Multipacks
September 25, 2023
Walkers introduces 'Bagless' multipacks for Snack A Jacks to reduce plastic use
PepsiCo is trialling new multipack packaging for their Snack A Jacks range. Packs on shelves in Tesco stores across the United Kingdom will now use 86% less plastic on their outer packaging when compared with the previous multipack design.
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B-hive Innovations collaborates on groundbreaking TuberTurgor project to reduce potato bruising and waste Status messageNews B-hive Innovations collaborates on groundbreaking TuberTurgor project to reduce potato bruising and waste
August 22, 2023
B-hive Innovations collaborates on groundbreaking TuberTurgor project to reduce potato bruising and waste
B-hive Innovations, a cutting-edge, agri-tech research and development business is embarking on a new collaborative programme that aims to reduce the risk of potato bruising and develop technologies that could reduce supermarket waste.
PepsiCo Switches to HVO for all Walkers Crisps Potato Deliveries – Potato Business
July 27, 2023
Potato deliveries to Walkers Leicester Chips factory entirely powered by used cooking oil
In the United Kingdom, PepsiCo has scaled the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) – used cooking oil - across their supply chain in a move set to save 2,650 tonnes in GHG emissions annually.
Global Phosphore prices 1970-2022
January 22, 2023
The next global food crisis? Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted...
Without phosphorus food cannot be produced, since all plants and animals need it to grow. Put simply: if there is no phosphorus, there is no life. As such, phosphorus-based fertilisers – it is the "P" in "NPK" fertiliser – have become critical to the global food system.
Howard Snape, Regional President at McCain GB & Ireland
June 07, 2021
McCain Foods commits to regenerative agricultural practices for all its potatoes by 2030
As part of today’s release of McCain’s 2020 Global Sustainability report Together, Towards Planet-Friendly Food, the company is pledging that it will be implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100 per cent of its potato acreage by 2030.
UK Government awards GBP 2m to leading carbon capture and utilization technology accelerating UK's ambition to be the global leader in reducing agriculture and industrial emissions.
June 02, 2021
UK Government awards GBP 2m to leading carbon capture and utilisation technology
British carbon capture and utilization company CCm Technologies has been awarded funding from Innovate UK to develop new modular Carbon Capture and Sequestration units.
Breaking ground at Branston for new Potato Protein Extraction Plant build
May 03, 2021
Branston starts work on GBP 6m Potato Protein Extraction Facility
Work has started on a new GBP 6m facility, which will be used to extract high-grade plant protein from potatoes, at Branston's site in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Branston is working alongside B-hive Innovations as part of a collaborative project to improve potato crop utilization.
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December 18, 2018
Walkers Launches First UK Recycling Scheme for Potato Chips Packaging
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Walkers starts a recycling effort for potato chips bags after protests
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