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 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 on Twitter (7 th 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 on Twitter (7 th June 2013): “Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.”