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EU Policies & Initiatives for tackling food waste
Dr Richard Swannell
Director1 April 2019
@R_Swannell
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WHAT
WRAP
DOES
Global
Sustainable
Development
Goals
Governments
& Cities
BusinessNGO’s
Citizens
© WRAP 2016
WRAP is a
not-for-profit
organisation
working with partners
in 20 countries
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What we do
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Food’s contribution- the Environmental Case
70%
Nutrient overloading
60%
Biodiversity loss
30%
Global warming
60%
Land conversion
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FOR EVERY 2 TONNES OF
FOODWE EAT
ANOTHER TONNE IS
WASTED
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Food Loss & Waste along the supply chain: EU-28 2012 - million tonnes/ year (FUSIONS 2016)
Mill
ion
to
nn
es/
year
10% 19% 17%
53%
Primary
production
Wholesale,
Retail + Food
service
HouseholdsProcessing /
Manufacture
19%
Cost- 143 billion Euros
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Business Case
1200 business
sites
200 companies
17 countries
For each €1
invested €14
of financial
benefit
realised
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SDG Target 12.3
“By 2030 halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer level,
and reduce food losses along production
and supply chains including post-harvest
losses”
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• Mandatory measurement of food waste using a common
methodology
• Mandatory Food Waste Prevention Plans for each country
• Separate collection of food waste & total recycling 55% by 2025
• Aspiration for a 50% reduction in food loss & waste
• Waste must be treated in line with waste hierarchy
• Consulting on a mandatory target for food waste reduction
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Food Waste Prevention – 5 point plan
• Prevent waste at source
• Redistribute more surplus food
• Divert to added value products
• Recycle what can’t be prevented
• Minimise food waste to landfill
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Approaches
• Developing a strategy with targets- e.g. Germany, NL, Denmark,
Sweden, Estonia, UK
• Regulation & legislation e.g. France, Italy, UK
• Public Investment in new technology e.g. NL, EU, UK
• Voluntary Agreements- e.g. Hungary, Germany, NL, Spain, UK, Norway
• Consumer campaigns- e.g. Denmark, Germany, NL, Poland, Estonia, UK
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www.eu-refresh.org01-Apr-19
Blueprint for VAs
Initiation
and set upAmbition
Governance
and funding
Establishing
actions
Monitoring
and
evaluation
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Delivered €110 M savings
in 3 y
Increased redistribution
by 58 million meals
Retail, supply chain &
processing FLW reduced
by >200,000 t/y
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Taking action: Going further
A ground-breaking, industry wide roadmap and toolkit:
• Enable businesses to measure and report consistently
• Help businesses take targeted actions to reduce waste
• Help the UK deliver its part in SDG Target 12.3
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Added Value Product
Grow black fly larvae
on separately collected
food waste producing:
• Refined protein
• Fish and chicken
feed
• Renewable fertilizer
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Communicating with citizens
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Consumer campaigns
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Influencing citizens
UK Household food
waste:
1 million t/y savings
4 Mt GHG savings
€ 3.1 billion/y
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Conclusions
• Case for tackling food waste is compelling
• EU has a clear agreed strategy for reducing food waste
• EU experience shows the need to co-ordinate actions across the food
system, across Government Depts & requires multiple actors
• Popular approaches include:
• Increasing food redistribution
• VAs and consumer campaigns
• Driving fair trade
• Supported by policy, regulatory change
• And potentially tax incentives
• Its hard & requires sustained effort.
• Best food waste reductions in EU are 15-19%
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Contact
Questions?
www.wrap.org.uk
@WRAP_UK
Dr Richard Swannell
+44 (0)1295 819900
+ 44 (0) 7950 937174
@R_Swannell