THORNBURY and Yate MP Luke Hall stressed the need to tackle the problem of food waste ahead of a Parliamentary debate last week.

In a meeting with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mr Hall raised the issue with Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in a meeting also attended by Kingswood MP, Chris Skidmore. 

Highlighting much of the good work South Gloucestershire Council have done to tackle excessive food waste in the local area, Mr Hall urged the Minister to follow the lead they have set, in order to combat the crisis nationally.

During the meeting, a number of the local initiatives already in place were presented, including; stickers on every residual bin with a reminder not to use them for food waste and recycling information videos for local residents, schemes currently being promoted through a series of local campaigns and presentations across South Gloucestershire.

Mr Hall praised, the ‘Feed Me and Win’ campaign, in which all four West of England authorities have come together to implement a scheme in which one household each week, in each local authority is rewarded with a £50 voucher, for presenting their food recycling.

Speaking afterwards, Mr Hall said: “It is really fantastic to see South Gloucestershire at the forefront of UK efforts to bring down levels of food waste I am pleased that we are setting an example with initiatives like ‘Feed me to Win’ for the rest of the country to follow.”