Food waste: cities to the rescue UrbanWINS Webinar - March 12 th 2019
Why reduce food waste?
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 aims to “by 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including postharvest losses.”
Why reduce food waste? Reduce Feed Lower GHG people costs emissions
Cities
Why cities? Responsible Be a catalyser
Where does most food waste occur in cities? A. food manufacturers B. wholesale and retail C. hotels, restaurants and catering D. households
Food waste in cities: pie chart
And all of this … ends up there
Diagnosis – Strategy - Action Click here to find the manual!
DIAGNOSIS Why? How? What?
Why diagnosing food waste? - Starting point for strategy - Scale of the problem
How to diagnose food waste? Food Waste Estimation tool
CO-CREATING A STRATEGY Why? How? What?
Why co-creating a food waste strategy? Involve stakeholders, role of • catalyser • Do the right things Align with (food) strategy •
How to co-create a food waste strategy? Establish a Food Waste • Taskforce Start from the diagnosis • • Get inspired. Don’t reinvent the wheel • Ideation. Let stakeholders contribute • From strategy to action
Case studies: Bruges (BE) & Ede (NL)
Case study: Ede Food Waste Calculation Zero Food Waste action plan
Case study: Bruges Food Waste Calculation Zero Food Waste Strategy Healthcare sector: food waste Reduction of 43%
Get started!
Thanks for listening! Questions? www.foodwin.org Hanne@foodwin.org +32 477 18 64 17
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