Topic: Food

Case study – Toast Brewing: Leaving breadcrumbs for breweries to follow

2 February 2024

Toast Brewing is an award-winning brewery making craft beer from surplus bread. They wanted to explore new revenue streams...

Case study – Girasole Taste of Italy: The deli saying goodbye to plastic

30 January 2024

Girasole Taste of Italy is a small café and deli based in Finsbury Park looking for ways to reduce their waste and make...

Case study – The Felix Project: Tackling food poverty and waste, one meal at a time

8 December 2023

The Felix Project is a food redistribution charity that rescues good quality, nutritious food from the food industry (e.g....

A man and a girl are shopping in a supermarket. The man is leaning down to choose an item of food. The girl is sticking out her tongue in concentration and holding a list.

Article – Food for thought: 4 ways to drive a more circular food system in London

3 November 2023

Last month was London’s sixth annual Circular Economy Week – an action-packed week with around 80 events showcasing...

Case study – junee: Making reusable packaging convenient for office workers and food markets

Snapshot junee is an Islington-based start-up operating a reusable packaging scheme (reusa-bowls) for businesses. They saw...

Case study – Kitche and Olio: An innovative tech partnership becomes the new solution to food waste reduction

Overview The Mayor of London has set a target to reduce London’s food waste by 20% by 2025. In response, technology pioneers,...

Case study – SOURCE by LEAP: turning food waste into bioenergy and urban food production opportunities

28 February 2023

Approximately 64% (931,000 tonnes) of total food loss and waste generated in London[1] comes from households. Much of this...

Report – London’s food footprint progress report

12 January 2023

Launched at COP26, ReLondon’s pioneering research into the material flow analysis of food in the city showed the potential...

Case study – Islington’s small businesses deliver big impact through the circular economy

11 January 2023

Islington Council saw the opportunity to bring together their economic, environmental and inclusivity goals into a single...

A man and a girl are shopping in a supermarket. The man is leaning down to choose an item of food. The girl is sticking out her tongue in concentration and holding a list.

Insight note – Waste not, want not: rethinking waste to help low-income households access necessities

5 December 2022

The UK is currently suffering the worst inflation crisis in a generation, threatening to widen existing inequalities and...

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