Food waste reduction …the tipping point? MWA Spring Workshop 2014.

Food waste reduction

…the tipping point?

MWA Spring Workshop

2014

Residue of modern civilization

‘Old’ 3Rs

Diversion’s the answer!

Shrinking landfill capacity & more waste

So much eatable food!

What (edible)food waste? CANADA

172 kg per capita (retail & consumer)

$28 per wk/$1,456 p.a. (average family)

1.2 – 2 billion tonnes (Statistics Canada)

$27 billion p.a. (Value Chain Management Centre/ U of Guelph)

INTERNATIONAL95-115 kg/year per capita – consumer food waste (Europe & N. America) 1.3 billion tonnes per year - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

1.3 b1.3 billion tonnes of food per year illion t1.3 billion tonnes of food per year onnes of

food per year

Food waste sources

Toronto Residential Waste Audits (Weight)Item:

Multi-Family 2010-2011

%

Single-Family 2010(Scarborough)

%

Paper 24.2 28.3

Plastics 12.1 8.9

Metals 2.7 2.7

Glass 3.3 3.7

Household Special Waste 0.3 0.3

Food Waste 32.9 33.5Other Organics 14.9 8.7

Other Materials 9.5 12.9

What are we throwing out? Toronto

Causes? Why?

New 5Rs

Food waste goes viral…

Food waste: An unappetizing, $27B problem Jennifer Bain, Toronto Star Feb.8, 2013

Most of Canada's wasted food dumped from homes $27B worth of food Wasted CBC News Posted: Oct 1, 2012 6:11 AM ET

The food-waste debate could use a pinch of common sense …$27 billion dollars worth of food are wasted annually - macleans.ca January 21, 2013

A terrible waste – the environmental costs of throwing our food away.” Losing our Touch, 2011/2012 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

….National Post, Globe & Mail, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time magazine, etc. Blogs, Twitter….

Are we at the Tipping point?

“The moment of critical mass, the threshold, the

boiling point…Ideas and products and messages

and behaviors spread like viruses do.“Malcolm Gladwell

New strategiesNew skills Thrift paysUnavoidable & avoidable wasteGood for the planet

End label confusionNew retail practices

Your ideas………..

Where are the connections? Food waste diversion meets…

Local ‘foodies’, eaters & farmers

Human health, well being & vitality

Environmental protection

Sustainable, healthy communities

Thank you!

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