Abstract
In order to investigate the ethical implications of the food waste issue, this chapter considers the wider role of ethics in society and discusses general ethical issues in relation to food. In a more specific exploration of the ethics of food waste, food waste reduction is linked to reducing world hunger, reducing obesity and reducing environmental degradation. There is enormous scope for improvements in food waste reduction and this chapter identifies interesting developments which are aiming to reduce food waste at various food waste hotspots along the food system.