The UK is making great strides in food waste reduction and redeployment using a variety of innovative methods. Food waste can be processed to generate energy using anaerobic digestion or it can be turned into animal feed. And now this expertise is being deployed in partnership with companies and governments across the Middle East.
The UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) has signed an MOU with Emirates Flight Catering in the UAE with a future ambition to build an operational facility in Dubai to use food waste from planes and waste from catering operations to grow insects industrially to turn into animal feed protein. Collaboration with partners in the UAE is central to a number of Fera’s strategic initiatives – specifically, the ambition to create an Agri-Food Innovation Venture Fund across the GCC region and the UK.Meanwhile, UK company Winnow is helping the food service and hospitality industry in the UAE cut down on food waste by making the kitchen smarter. Several prominent hotels, including Hilton Jumeirah, Fairmont the Palm, Armani Hotel Dubai, and the Intercontinental Hotel in Fujairah are using Winnow’s artificial intelligence-enabled tool to detect the type and quantity of food items thrown away. The data allows commercial kitchens to track their food waste and make necessary changes to their food purchases and menus. The Winnow Vision system is saving the UAE’s hospitality industry around $2.7 million, in terms of food wastage costs.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/opinion/innovations-key-to-cutting-food-waste
If we are serious about delivering on our Net Zero promise, we must work together to reduce food waste around the world.
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