CRNI responds to consultation on the National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap 2026-2028

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Community Resources Network Ireland (CRNI) has submitted a response to the public consultation on the draft National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap 2026-2028.
We welcome the Roadmap’s stronger focus on prevention, redistribution and legally binding targets. Meeting those targets will require community organisations and social enterprises to be recognised and resourced as delivery partners in food sharing, redistribution, education and engagement.

Among other recommendations, CRNI’s submission calls for:

  • Formal social economy representation on the Food Waste Prevention Task Force;
  • Predictable multi-annual funding for community redistribution, with a defined implementation plan for the priority Food Circle recommendations;
  • A pilot National Community Fridge and Food-Sharing Programme linked to existing redistribution networks;
  • Early action on donor indemnity, with investment in cold storage, transport and staffing alongside new food-donation obligations.

Read CRNI’s full submission to the public consultation on the National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap 2026-2028 here.

  • September 7, 2026

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