What can we learn from the hospitality industry when it comes to tackling food waste at home?

From portion sizes to food waste pilots in Clonakilty, here are the progressive players tackling food waste in Ireland, writes Joe McNamee

Globally, 1.3bn tonnes, over one third of all food produced each year, is wasted, carrying a global carbon footprint of 3.3 billion tonnes of GHG

When it comes to climate change and its profound environmental impacts, it is no accident that so much blame, and the according of the onus of responsibility for effecting any necessary change, is repeatedly directed towards the average citizen, even though they are not the primary culprits.

It is giant global commercial interests that are the real culprits, including the industrial and manufacturing sectors, agri-biz, the transport sector and the fossil fuel industries.