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Helping you prepare for 2025’s new legislation and reducing your catering costs at the same time!

As well as an award-winning and trusted food procurement solution, allmanhall are renowned for their expert support, from nutrition and dietetics to operational consultancy.
Here’s an update on how care catering teams can be preparing for a legislative reform coming in 2025…

Known as the ‘Simpler Recycling’ reforms, there will be new food waste legislation coming into effect in England from 31st March 2025. It’s intention? To streamline and simplify the recycling of waste, improving the existing recycling system. It is applicable for businesses, including privately owned Care groups, and for public sector organisations in England. (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland already have their own legislation in place.)

If you’re a care provider creating more than 5kg of food waste per week, you will be required to store food waste in separate bins and arrange for collection by licensed waste collectors. Biodegradable materials such as vegetable peelings, bones, eggshells, coffee grounds, and tea bags are to be included as food waste.

The result of non-compliance? Failure to comply could result in financial repercussions in the form of fixed penalty notices and there is also the risk of reputational damage owing to ethical considerations.

Now, if you’re producing less than 5kg of waste per week, you are exempt and micro businesses (less than 10 employees) will have until 31st March 2027 to comply to this new legislation but there is encouragement to introduce good practices earlier than that 2027 deadline.

As food procurement experts managing the efficacy and impact of the food supply chain, at allmanhall we see this focus on waste at the end of the value chain as a welcome and positive move. It seeks to address and reduce the circa 9.5 million tonnes of food that currently go to waste in the UK every year. But at the same time, we fully recognise and appreciate the challenges it may create for a sector already under pressure.

Perhaps it presents an opportunity, however… A robust and compliant approach to waste reduction is not only soon to become a legislative requirement, it also makes huge sense with regards to efficient operations and the best use of your food and catering budget, too. If you can make sure every penny spent is being put to best use, you can further enhance your residents’ dining experience.


Click here for more on the new legislation and some practical tips to help you prepare.

You can take a look at some food waste reduction strategies here.

To read more about reasons to reduce waste, even without this new legislation, click here.


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