Food For The Planet
Cherwell & Oxford & South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse & West Oxfordshire

Provide a food waste collection service for households, schools and businesses

13750 tonnes of CO₂ saved per year

Run food waste awareness-raising and reduction campaigns and events

100 tonnes of CO₂ saved per year

Deliver public campaigns to encourage people to adopt a more climate-friendly diet

9 tonnes of CO₂ saved per year

Support community composting

2.58 tonnes of CO₂ saved per year

Sign the Planet Pledge for council venues, for food to staff and at meetings and events

35 kilogrammes of CO₂ saved per year

Join Planning for the Planet

Declare a Climate and Nature Emergency

Establish a Local Food Partnership to help drive action on food, climate and nature

Publish an action plan for tackling the climate and nature emergency

Nominate a staff member to lead on food and climate change

Publish and maintain a map of council landholdings

Use planning policy to protect food growing

Provide routes for independent, and climate and nature positive businesses to supply into council procurement contracts

Support programmes that allow those on low incomes to access nutritious, local and sustainably produced food

Promote local climate and nature friendly food businesses to the public

Adopt an economic strategy which includes supporting a local food economy

Publish a council-wide food use strategy to minimise food waste according to the food waste hierarchy