Stop Food Waste Day – 30th April 2025
Impact
Robert Burton
30 April 2025
Why Food Waste Deserves a Global Spotlight
Each year, Stop Food Waste Day brings attention to one of the most urgent, yet often overlooked, issues in the fight against climate change and inequality: food waste.
Despite the resources, time, and energy required to produce food, a staggering one-third (33%) of all food produced globally is lost or wasted every year.
And the impact is more than just wasted meals:
- 45% of root crops, fruits, and vegetables never make it from farm to fork.
- 25% of the food wasted globally could feed all 795 million undernourished people across the world.
- 8% of all global greenhouse gas emissions come from food loss and waste.
It’s clear, food waste isn’t just a food issue. It’s an environmental, social, and economic crisis.
The Real-World Cost of Wasting Food
Wasted food means wasted water, land, labour, packaging, and transportation. It means methane emissions from landfills. It means millions go hungry while food spoils.
But the good news? This is a problem we can solve together.
How Revive is Reimagining Food Waste
At Revive Eco, tackling food waste isn’t just part of what we do, it’s our reason for existing. We began by transforming used coffee grounds, one of the UK’s largest waste streams, into high-performance, sustainable ingredients for skincare, haircare, and more.
By extracting oil and nutrients from what most consider “waste,” we:
- Reduce landfill pressure from 95 million cups of coffee consumed daily in the UK.
- Create eco-friendly alternatives to palm oil and coconut oil, both major contributors to deforestation.
- Prove that circular economy thinking isn’t just theory, it’s innovation in action.
Our mission is to redefine waste and inspire a sustainable future, one ingredient at a time.
What You Can Do This Stop Food Waste Day
Want to join the movement? Here are three simple but powerful actions you can take:
Prevent
Plan your meals, store food correctly, and understand “best before” vs “use by” dates.
Inspire
Share tips and facts with your community to spark more sustainable habits.
Repurpose
Use leftovers creatively or compost what you can’t eat.
Even small changes can create big ripples; in your home, your workplace, and your community.
A Better Future Starts with Less Waste
Food waste is one of the few global issues we can tackle right now with simple, scalable solutions.
On this Stop Food Waste Day, we’re proud to show how innovation, sustainability, and impact can go hand in hand.
At Revive, we’re not just talking about change — we’re making it.
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