Report investigates how waste food waste is managed in Glasgow

Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) has released a report on food waste management.

No More Food to Landfill highlights the link between food waste and its effect on climate and communities.

It reveals the challenges both Glasgow residents and the City Council face in setting up and following through with environmentally friendly food waste systems.

The food network and report author Ben Wray outline 11 recommendations for improving food waste management in Glasgow to promote a healthier city.

The report takes inspiration from other food waste management initiatives across Scotland and Europe.

As an example, in Copenhagen, where a greater proportion of the population live in flats as compared to Glasgow, almost all households receive door-to-door food waste collections.

Food waste caddies and bags are regularly provided for free to residents and communications are focused on shifting public attitudes towards the importance of proper waste management, especially linking waste to carbon emissions and climate change.

Chris Kane, food and climate action project manager, said: “We feel very encouraged to see extremely positive examples of food waste management globally, especially in cities with similar housing infrastructures as Glasgow. We know that better food recycling is possible in our city, but that it goes far beyond each of our individual actions.

“Here at Glasgow Community Food Network, we want to do all we can to support Glasgow City Council to deliver what Glasgow’s population deserve: people, penny and planet friendly solutions to climate change”.

The report was released as part of GCFN’s Composting for the Future campaign which supported individuals and community groups across Glasgow to establish composting systems in their locales.

The campaign forms part of GCFN’s project, Food and Climate Action which is steering food education and food-based climate action across Glasgow.