In its latest report, Wrap revealed that food waste distribution sent to charities and commercial redistribution sites surged by 50 percent in the past two years.
The fine print in the report, however, tells a slightly different story.
According to Wrap, the industry has increased the amount of food surplus sent to charities and commercial redistribution organizations by more than half in a two-year period–from 28,555 tonnes in 2015 to 43,034 tonnes in 2017. But, Wrap noted in a previous estimate that all parts of the sector that ensure surplus food goes to those in need was “hugely overblown.”
