SOLUTIONS TO WASTING LESSFOOD DURING TOKYO2020
2R IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES - TO REDUCE THEFOOD LOSS AND TO BUILD THE FRAMEWORK OFTHE RECYCLE LOOP3 AUGUST 2016Dr Mervyn JonesSustainable Global Resources

FOOD WASTE FOOD THAT IS OF GOOD QUALITY AND FIT FOR HUMANCONSUMPTION BUT THAT DOES NOT GET CONSUMEDBECAUSE IT IS DISCARDED BEFORE OR AFTER IT SPOILS IT CAN BE UNINTENDED OR AS THE RESULT OF DELIBERATEOR A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO THROW FOOD AWAY.

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD2THE CHALLENGE FOR FOOD One third of foodwaste is wasted

 1.3 billion tonnes

50% increaseby 2030 (IEA)

Energy50% increaseby 2030 (FAO)

Food(UN FAO)

 1 in 4 calories

wasted globally(WRI/UNEP)SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

CLIMATECHANGEWater

30% increaseby 2030 (IFPRI)3

1.3 BILLIONTONNES
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL
CARBON FOOTPRINTOF FOOD WASTAGE GLOBALLY

650,000
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5IMPACTS Social e.g. sustainable lifestyles

 Environmental
 CO2, water, soil loss

 Economic
 savings, resilience

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6FOOD WASTE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Harvesting

Handling &transport

Distribution
centres & retail

Consumer

10%

50%

30%

10%

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7TYPES OF FOOD COMMONLYWASTED IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

50%

35%

45%

30%

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40%

30%

40%

26%

40%

25%

40%

20%
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TYPES OFFOODWASTE

AVOIDABLE FOOD WASTE
FOOD THAT WAS AT SOME POINTEDIBLE, PRIOR DISPOSALSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

10POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE FOODWASTEFOOD THAT SOME PEOPLE EAT AND OTHERS DON’T ORTHAT CAN BE EATEN WHEN A FOOD IS PREPARED INONE WAY BUT NOT IN ANOTHERSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

11UNAVOIDABLE FOOD WASTE
WASTE ARISING FROM FOOD PREPARATION THAT ISNOT, AND HAS NOT BEEN, EDIBLE UNDER NORMALCIRCUMSTANCESSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

12CATERING FOOD WASTE SOURCESSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

13FOODWASTEMEASURESSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

14FOOD & DRINK MATERIALHIERARCHY

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COST OF FOOD WASTE

Cost of food waste
10% of it is avoidable waste
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PLATE WASTE34%
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PORTION SIZE
Zhaoxu Zhang(Basketball,China)
2.21 m, 110 kg
Asuka Teramoto(Gymnastic,Japan)
1.41 m, 30 kg

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PORTION SIZE
“The menu must be designed creatively to optimize theportion size of the meals to avoid food wastage– Rio 2016”SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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PRIMARY PACKAGING – FRONT OF
HOUSERecycling

Composting

low flexibility
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COMPOSTABLE PACKAGINGSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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PRODUCT LIFESUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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BOH - IMPROVING SEGREGATIONSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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BOH - SIGNAGE

get signage right – be prepared to changeEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
Targeting:Business supply chain
Retail interface
consumers

Two elements:
 National awarenessraising Give clear instructions
on how to recycle
locallykey is to link increase inawareness to increases inpeople recycling
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BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
Food waste prevention – Love Food Hate Waste‘On pack’ labels for packaging in partnership with retailers and brands

WRAP developed Recycle Now – ‘what to recycle and where’

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FOOD REDISTRIBUTION Future opportunities

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INFRASTRUCTURE
Ensure quality and capacityby:• Addressing technical barriers• Determining capacity
requirements• Providing financial support
to leverage private sector
investment• Obtaining clarity on endmarket requirements foroutputs (e.g. qualityrequirements)
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Sorting
Composting organics

Recycling2828

MARKET DEVELOPMENT Encouraging demand for recycled materials
and products in new & existing markets• retail e.g. packaging• agriculture e.g. food waste Addressing barriers to market entry• Quality protocols

 Encouraging new business and retail models
 Public sector procurement, e.g. leadership
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MARKET DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLESUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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MICRO SYSTEMSSUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

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THANK YOU

Dr Mervyn Jones
Sustainable Global Resources, UK

mervyn@sustainableglobalresources.co.uk

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