Waste & Resources Action Programme

Courtauld Commitment

2005 Fas 1 Förpackningar och Hushåll

2010 Fas 2 Livsmedelskedjan

Household

‘Love Food Hate Waste’ by WRAP

• Working with grocery sector, food industry, Government, Food Standards Agency

• Aim to reduce food waste by 250,000 tonnes by March 2011

• ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ website with tips, tools and fabulous recipes

Resource efficiency savings initiatives

Courtauld Commitment Phase II - Supply Chain Waste

Intervju med Charlotte Henderson, WRAP

IntroductionSupply Chain Scope

www.wrap.org.uk

TACK

Whole Supply Chain

Total Waste Arising

An estimated 18.4mt across the chain: 65% in household 27% in manufacture 8% in retail 0.5% in distribution Household

65%

Retail8%

Manufacture27%

Distribution0.5%

Manufacturing

Case Study: FareShareA charity that redistributes food waste in the community3,100 tonnes donated in 2008participation from retailers, e.g. Waitrose and foods

manufacturers e.g. Nestlé Nestlé its surplus food sent to landfill from 100% in

2005 to less than 5% in 2006; redirecting 388 tonnes of food

Manufacturing

Waste arisings by food sector

Other Food Products30%

Meat & Poultry25%

Fruit & Vegetables13%

Beverages10%

Animal Feed7%

Dairy Products6%

Fish6%

Grain Mill Products & Starches1%

Oils & Fats1%

Source: EA C&I Survey 2002/03

The largest sectors by waste arising are: Other food products Meat & Poultry Fruit & Vegetables Beverages

Breakdown of total store food waste sent to landfill for 2008

Source: WRAP/DHL

2007 2008

Produce 113,100 90,100

Bakery 52,300 41,700

Dry goods 47,900 38,200

Dairy 42,100 33,600

Fish 29,700 23,700

Meat 6,200 4,900

Total 291,300 232,200

Food typeTotal grocery retail sector (tonnes)

Bakery18%

Dry Goods16%

Dairy15%

Meat2%

Fish10%

Produce39%

The figures are subject to rounding and therefore may not sum their total

Supply Chain

Food Waste MinimisationCase Study: Waitrose fruit

Working with its banana growers on cultivation and transport

Effect – wastage from shipped fruit fell to under 3% in 2008 from 40% in 2002

Supply Chain

Food Waste MinimisationRetailers are applying packaging technologies:

increasing the shelf life of productsusing oxygen scavengersmodified atmospheresinteractive filmsre-sealable packaging

The cost of waste within the UK food and drink supply chain equates to 8% of total sales turnover. The Supply Chain has a carbon impact of 10 mt of CO2e per annum, Households have a carbon impact of 26 mt of CO2e. The cost is £17 billion per annum.