Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Circular Economy in the Food Sector: Discussion

Mr. Brian Quirke:

I would point out that one of the actions in the national food waste prevention roadmap is to assess the effectiveness of the voluntary approach to see whether there is merit in looking at possibilities around mandatory reporting, and that is referring to the food waste charter. The revised charter was launched just last year so it is early days in terms of seeing how effective it is. The EPA might wish to comment on the food waste charter.