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.”