Packaging‘s role in reducing food waste
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Target: Resource Efficiency
Tool:
Energy Recovery
Tool:
Recycling
Tool:
Prevention
Packaging/
product ratio
Food to
packaging
waste ratio
Packaging‘s role in reducing food waste
Reducing Food Waste – Prevention
Packaging saves more resources than it consumes
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storage/use at home
transportation (to household)
distribution and selling
retail packaging
butter production
Carbon Footprint (GWP) - The Packaging as Percentage of Total
Reducing Food Waste – Prevention
EAFA + FPE LCA approach: Factual, Scientific, Credible
1. Develop scientific based messages
2. Further credibility improvement
3. Communicate to stakeholders/customers
UNEP/SETAC: EAFA/FPE LCA’s qualified as best practice (Nov. 2013)
Reducing Food Waste – Prevention
EAFA + FPE LCA approach: Factual, Scientific, Credible
1. Develop scientific based messages
2. Further credibility improvement
3. Communicate to stakeholders/customers
Scientific based studies as basis for decision making
Packaging - Sinner or Saint?
Packaging – Part of the solution to reducing Food Waste
Source: INCPEN
Identical bunches stored for 7 days
Packaging - Sinner or Saint?
Packed in modified atmosphere bags in-store waste reduced from 3% to 1%
Packaging – Part of the solution to reducing Food Waste
Packaging - Sinner or Saint?
Packaging – Part of the solution to reducing Food Waste
Packaging - Sinner or Saint?
Packaging – Part of the solution to reducing Food Waste
Shrink wrapped cucumbers:Shelf life extended from 3 days to 14+ days
Reducing Food Waste – Prevention
Effective portions for each situation: Coffee stick packs g CO2-eq
Food Waste in the Public
Pope Francis (@Pontifex) on Twitter (7th June 2013):
“Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.”
Food Waste in the Public
Pope Francis (@Pontifex) on Twitter (7th June 2013):
“Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.”