With the issue of waste and sustainability remaining a focus in the hospitality industry, as part of its Sustainable Future programme, Bunzl Catering Supplies is once again headline sponsor for the prestigious ‘Footprint’ waste2zero Awards, recognising excellence in Waste Management and Prevention in the out of home food and drink sector.

The deadline for entries for the 2025 awards cycle is Wednesday 24 September 2025.

Among the many areas of business that organisations seek to mitigate in pursuit of sustainability, waste is one that will just not go away. Waste remains endemic and one of the biggest global challenges today. Much best practice is in evidence; but an unacceptable waste culture also remains prevalent.

The objective of waste2zero – the first awards of its kind when it was launched in 2017 and now in its ninth annual cycle – is to specifically give the out of home industry a platform to showcase best practice and recognise excellence in this vital area.

An elite panel of judges, experts in waste, packaging and sustainability, review innovations and initiatives from organisations large and small in areas such as resource management, closed loop, recycling and food redistribution. Clear leadership is evident from some organisations in the sector who are demonstrating operational strategies that reduce waste impacts to the environment up and down supply chains.

If you have an initiative you are proud of in this area then you should be entering waste2zero – please enter here.

The winners will be announced at the waste2zero dinner which will be held at The In and Out Club in London’s St. James’s Square on Thursday 20 November 2025.