Exploring opportunities for reusables in hospitality and foodservice

Ahead of the European Parliament elections scheduled for 6-9 June, 2024, RREUSE is proud to unveil its manifesto, “A Social and Circular Outlook for 2024-2029.”

This study builds on original research from 2019/2020. It is a robust inventory of the different ways working electricals and waste electricals flow through the UK economy. Understanding these flows helps to identify actions to improve reuse and recycling in the UK.

The report foresees a drop in the documented collection and recycling rate from 22.3% in 2022 to 20% by 2030 due to the widening difference in recycling efforts relative to the staggering growth of e-waste generation worldwide.

CAST’s research is focused on people as agents of transformation in four areas that impact directly on climate change but have proven stubbornly resistant to change: consumption of goods and physical products; food and diet; travel and mobility; and heating and cooling. Our research spans multiple scales: individual, community, organisational, national, and global. This report summarises the key messages we draw from our research to date.

The world is in the midst of a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.