More food outlets looking to reduce waste during festive season [News] By Olivia Siong, Channel NewsAsia, 27 Dec 2015 During the festive season, food waste is expected to go up by about 10 to 20 per cent, according to the non-governmental organisation Zero Waste. Some organisations have been looking tackle the problem. The increased waste comes from preparing more food…
Hong Kah North launches ‘zero waste’ campaign [News] By Audrey Tan, The Straits Times, 20 Dec 2015 Hong Kah North constituency in Bukit Batok has launched a new initiative to further reduce its carbon footprint, doing its part to support the global climate pact sealed in Paris this month. Under the initiative launched on Sunday (Dec 20), the constituency will…
NEA launches initiative to find ways to cut food, packaging waste [News] By Siau Ming En, TODAY, 24 Nov 2015 To obtain more data for crafting programmes to reduce domestic waste here, the National Environment Agency (NEA) today (Nov 24) called for a tender to conduct, for the first time, a waste audit of about 300 selected households. The data…
Singapore, 24 November 2015 – The National Environment Agency (NEA) today called a tender to conduct a waste audit for selected households. The winning bidder will be required to collect waste disposed of by these households for segregation and audit.
2 Up to 300 households from different housing types in Singapore will be selected for this waste audit. Households that agree…
NEA to launch campaign to get people to cut food waste [News] By Loke Kok Fai, Channel NewsAsia, 20 Nov 2015 The National Environment Agency (NEA) is launching a campaign next week to get people to cut food waste. This comes on the back of a study by NEA and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) which showed…
How Much Food Do You Waste In Singapore? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October. This year, we would like to remember World Food Day by spreading awareness and action on food waste reduction. Together with Helpling, an online platform that connects you to cleaners, we have created…
NEA calls for tender for collecting, transporting food waste [News] By Channel NewsAsia, 24 Aug 2015 The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Monday (Aug 24) called a tender to collect and transport food waste to a facility for treatment, as part of a pilot project. The appointed organisations will collect segregated food waste from areas such as the Clementi region…
Most people here concerned about food waste: Poll [News] By Feng Zengkun, The Straits Times, 11 Aug 2015 Nine out of 10 people here are concerned about Singapore’s food waste, a new survey has found. The majority also want food and beverage (F&B) companies here to donate their unsold and near-expiry food that is safe to eat to the needy…
Majority Of Consumers Are Concerned About Food Waste From F&B Companies In Singapore [Media Release]
– 90% of consumers are concerned about the food waste generated by F&B companies
– 95% of consumers want F&B companies to do more to reduce food waste
– Consumers are willing to support F&B companies which adopt strategies to reduce food waste
Singapore, 5 Aug 2015 – Majority of consumers are concerned about food waste generated by food and beverage (F&B) companies and…
NTUC FairPrice is taking the first steps to measure and reduce food waste in its supermarkets. So far, FairPrice is the only supermarket retailer that has publicly commit to food waste reduction efforts, and this leadership is something that the other supermarket retailers need to follow.
After two years of consultative study under its Food Waste Framework, FairPrice today announced…