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Food Waste (Reduction) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a scheme to establish incentives to implement and encourage observance of the food waste reduction hierarchy; to encourage individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce the amount of food they waste; to require large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to reduce their food waste by no less than 30 per cent by 2025 and to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations; to require large supermarkets and food manufacturers to disclose levels of food waste in their supply chain; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Food Waste (Reduction) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2015 by Kerry McCarthy (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 9 Sep 2015
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 12 May 2016.