STUDENTS from Aberystwyth University organised a conference with local business leaders to see how surplus food could be used to help community groups in the town.

The event brought together staff from supermarkets, charities and local and national government to explore how supermarket surplus food could be used to benefit the town, instead of being thrown away.

It built on work that students from the university’s Sustainability Society have been doing, with support from WRAP Cymru, the Welsh waste management organisation.

Acting vice-chancellor John Grattan said: “At last year’s event we were happy to sign an agreement with WRAP that we would cut food packaging waste on campus and we’ve continued to make progress in that area with regular collections of waste food from student accommodation.

“We’re proud of our reputation as an academic centre for food and farming, and we are pleased that our students are now extending this work into the town.”

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