From Ruth

Slop buckets in every home as councils consider a ban on food waste in landfill
Every home could be forced to use "slop buckets" under Government plans to cut waste by banning councils from dumping food scraps in landfill.
Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, said it was ridiculous to continue dumping food waste or other materials such as aluminium or glass that can be recycled or used to generate energy. He announced a £10 million investment in new technology that turns food waste into biofuels and launched an informal consultation on banning food waste being sent to landfill.
Daily Telegraph (9 June, p.12)
Misleading food labelling on sell-by-dates to be scrapped to stop food waste
The sell-by and best-before dates on almost all fresh produce and thousands of other food items are to be scrapped to prevent waste. Thousands of tons of perfectly good food is binned annually because critics claim the labelling system is misleading. Ministers say products should only have a 'use-before' date because it is the only way of giving consumers a safety cut-off point. Hilary Benn is expected to tell the Chartered Institute of Waste Management's Futuresource conference today: "Too many of us are putting things in the bin simply because we're not sure, we're confused by the label, or we're just playing safe. This means we're throwing away thousands of tonnes of food every year completely unnecessarily."
Daily Mail (9 June, p.9)

Shame he doesn't mention the real culprits: the supermarkets chuck away masses of food simply because they've got new stocks in for the shelves
cheers
Ruth