Tony Lowe, chief executive of new national food charity, Fareshare, has called upon members of the food industry to write to chancellor Gordon Brown in a bid to get the government to rethink its decision making the charity ineligible for funding under the proposed Landfill tax credit scheme.
The government has said that Fareshare will not be entitled to funding, despite being a scheme that finds alternative uses for waste, as it is seeking to invest in finding new technologies to dispose of waste from landfill which it believes are more cost-effective.
Under the scheme Fareshare could receive £400,000 which would be a great help to the charity, which redistributes quality surplus food from the food industry and gives it to organisations working with homeless and other disadvantaged people in the community.
Speaking at the launch of Fareshare as an independent charity, Lowe said that Fareshare supports the governments intentions of reducing waste through finding alternative technologies to dispose of and recycling it, however Fareshare want the chance to use this food first for the purpose it was intended and help people at the same time.
The government has said that Fareshare will not be entitled to funding, despite being a scheme that finds alternative uses for waste, as it is seeking to invest in finding new technologies to dispose of waste from landfill which it believes are more cost-effective.
Under the scheme Fareshare could receive £400,000 which would be a great help to the charity, which redistributes quality surplus food from the food industry and gives it to organisations working with homeless and other disadvantaged people in the community.
Speaking at the launch of Fareshare as an independent charity, Lowe said that Fareshare supports the governments intentions of reducing waste through finding alternative technologies to dispose of and recycling it, however Fareshare want the chance to use this food first for the purpose it was intended and help people at the same time.
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