Vegan council produces 'large amounts of food waste' since going plant-based

The Countryside Alliance have renewed calls for Calderdale Council to ditch their ‘unpopular and divisive’ meat ban, after the deputy mayor said that the council's food waste was soaring

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock • 2 min read
Vegan council produces 'large amounts of food waste' since going plant-based

Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire, voted last year to ban meat and provide solely vegan catering. At the time, the policy, which received huge backlash and was condemned by the Countryside...

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