Guide to fight against food waste (UCM)

[Christophe]

This guide in .pdf gives advice to fight against food waste has been produced from a "professional" perspective (caterers and restaurateurs) but can very well be applied to individuals ...

The purpose of this brochure is twofold: first, to raise awareness
restaurateurs and caterers-banquet organizers in
the importance of preventing food waste and other
on the other hand, to allow the dissemination and exchange of good practices.
The examples that are offered here do not constitute a
exhaustive list. All your suggestions and proposals are
welcome: do not hesitate to contact us! (see
practical modalities on page 14)

Intro:

Fight against food waste
UCM edition

The UCM and the FED Horeca Wallonie asbl, recently interviewed restaurant owners and caterers-banquet organizers to identify and collect a set of good practices to fight against food waste. The practices and tips collected on this occasion have been compiled in this booklet.

But by the way, what is food waste? Too often, prepared or unprocessed foods that have not been consumed because they are out of date, in excess or incompletely valued are disposed of as "waste". The figures speak for themselves: in the Walloon Region each inhabitant produces 15 at 20 kg of food waste per year, to which must be added the waste produced by the distribution sector, schools and other training centers as well as individual and collective catering. We understand that fighting against food waste is everybody's business and that everyone can contribute to it.

Why fight against food waste? From an environmental point of view firstly, the fact of producing, transporting and distributing food generates consumptions (water, fertilizer, phytosanitary products), produces waste and rejects CO2: all this is a waste if the products produced are thrown away, with the consequences related to the management of all this waste. On the economic front, raw materials are becoming more expensive and must be used sparingly. Finally, note that the organization of good waste management is not simple, which reinforces the idea that the least expensive waste is the one that does not exist!

Beyond the basic principles of food safety that ensure the freshness of products, it is a better development of raw materials (carcasses of poultry, fish bones) and a judicious organization of banquets that have been implemented. evidence by restaurateurs and caterers interviewed. There is no miracle recipe, the solution lies rather in the daily search for best practices and tips that, together, can effectively reduce the waste generated. The sense of organization for product management and the creativity of chefs for their use in cooking are the key words for effective reduction of food waste.

Download here: guide to fight against food waste

Source: http://www.ucm.be/ucm/ewcm.nsf/_/4C57DF ... lae-6azhk7

A reminder: you need 10 calories oil to make 1 for human food, in other words: we eat 2L oil per day.

Other UCM "environment and energy" guides http://www.ucm.be/ucm/ewcm.nsf/vEmList? ... lae-6azhk7

[Christophe]

A little video of the ADEME / INC against food waste (by taking some good habits): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rcw0nABAsQ

[Christophe]

It would move politically?

MEPs want to halve food waste by 2025

In a resolution adopted on Thursday 19 January, the European Parliament called on the Commission and the EU Member States to take measures to halve food waste in the EU by 2025 and to 'avoid, at the same time, the production of of food waste ''.

According to a Commission study cited by MEPs, food waste in the EU reaches 89 million tonnes per year, or 179 kg per capita in the 27 member countries. It could reach 126 million tonnes in 2020, "an increase of 40%". This waste comes from households (42%), the food industry (39%), retailers (5%) and restaurants (14%).

Near 50% of healthy food in the trash

'' Almost 50% of healthy food is wasted each year in the EU, by households, supermarkets, restaurants and the food chain, while 79 million citizens live below the poverty line and 16 million depend on food aid from charities, '' the MEPs underlined in a press release. As in East and West Africa, nearly 20 million people are now facing a major food crisis… For MEPs, reducing food waste is not just an imperative " ethical ", it is also economic, social and environmental.

A European strategy

"We cannot afford any longer to remain inaction, while healthy and edible food is thrown in the trash," said resolution rapporteur Salvatore Caronna (S&D, IT. Parliamentarians call on the Commission to put in place a '' convincing '' coordinated strategy combining European and national measures to reduce losses at each stage of the food chain. This '' course of action 'should enable' the 27 Member States to tackle the problem in a systematic way ", according to Salvatore Caronna.

To encourage '' sustainability in the food sector '', MEPs call for the year 2014 to be declared the "European Year against Food Waste" and launch awareness campaigns among schoolchildren and consumers. Other recommendations from MEPs for less waste include improving food labeling and packaging, discounting products close to their expiry date, taking into account the criterion of the fight against waste in the public procurement or the recovery and free distribution of unsold food.
Kick-off of the European Week for Waste Reduction (article published on 18 / 11 / 2011) The third European edition of Waste Reduction Week, supported by the European Commission, will open on Saturday November 19. This operation will take place until November 27 and aims to raise awareness and mobilize cit ... Read the news Sustainable consumption: the price signal is essential for a change in behavior (article published on 28 / 10 / 2011) comfort would it be the enemy of the environment? For the French, the financial constraint or the incentives are decisive in the adoption of virtuous behaviors. On the other hand, if their stock market is not affected, comfort is privileged. Read the news Drought and famine in Africa: Preventing the crisis in the Sahel region (article published on 19 / 01 / 2012) Drought and famine threaten 2012 at the beginning several million people in the Sahel in the West of the continent, warned Oxfam by calling for lessons learned from the Horn of Africa crisis and unlocking emergency aid. Read the news Sustainable food systems, a crucial challenge for the future (article published by 13 / 12 / 2011) A study conducted by INRA and CIRAD draws up an inventory of the major determinants that have governed the past evolutions of the systems and identifies the critical points of the sectors, emphasizing their necessary reorientation. Read the news Sustainable consumption: the price signal is essential for a change in behavior (article published on 28 / 10 / 2011) Is comfort the enemy of the environment? For the French, the financial constraint or the incentives are decisive in the adoption of virtuous behaviors. On the other hand, if their stock market is not affected, comfort is privileged. Read the news
Article published on 20 January 2012

Rachida Boughriet

http://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/ne ... 14721.php4

[Janic]

christophe hello

A reminder: you need 10 calories oil to make 1 for human food, in other words: we eat 2L oil per day.

most of which comes from breeding, the first waste is this one!
Example:

http://www.vegetarismus.ch/info/foeko.htm
Meat production
Waste of soil
Water consumption
Waste of food
Purin and death of the forests
Fine dust
Water pollution
Excess soil acidification
Greenhouse effect
Antibiotics and hormones
Fish as an escape?
The economy
Costs and taxpayers
Subsidized madness

This set is much more serious than household waste! (It is necessary to reduce this of course!)

When 50% of healthy foods, the author should not know what a healthy food is when it is stuffed with toxic chemicals, hormones and drugs.

[elephant]

We discussed this subject Saturday evening with my wife:

she explained to me 2 things:

1) Supermarkets throw away tons of "near deadline" products every Saturday night! Know that (in Belgium) you are punishable by 8 euros (without the additional cents, I suppose) if you recover these products in the trash!

2) his school canteen, like many others is provided by a Sodexho-style firm. Uneaten meals (eg absent student: meals are ordered 1 week in advance, no possibility to cancel) must be discarded. They must be thrown in the trash.
(I proposed to throw them in front of a witness in a clean garbage can that we would come and steal )
In front of the school, there is an Emmaus reception center!

[phil53]

And yes elephant, we walk on the head.
It must be said that we easily lose our judgment by letting ourselves be coiled by the unique thought.
The media and schools convey so much information on food security ................
I know people not very rich not to say in the m ... who prefer to buy a low-end thing with a good date rather than consume a product whose date is outdated.

[elephant]

It's not even an outdated date:

it's a question of recovering fresh meals or throwing stuff still valid 2 or 3 days (but which will have to make place on Mondays or Tuesdays at ultra fresh)!

What scandalizes me is that there are laws to fight against recovery!

[Obamot]

Absolutely, it's shocking!

And before doing an operation to limit waste and make citizens feel guilty. Perhaps it would be better to think about the causes (the organization of society, how to consume / compensate with food, etc.) it would be better first to start by ensuring:
- that the population is not deficient in essential elements and ensure that anti-waste measures do not lead to this:
- to prohibit all devitalized food, which constitutes a phenomenal waste .. !!!
- to reverse the proportion of packaged / manufactured products in favor of fresh produce in supermarkets.
- to order less or just what is needed, because there would be nothing to throw away, and it would be possible today with computing and traceability.
- reflect on the implications of societal choices without dogmatism, as Janic suggests. :-)
Because by improving the quality, we de facto reduce the quantity needed .... These would be effective anti-waste measures!

[dedeleco]

Totally agree, but you have to see the reactions of most, much studied by industry to satisfy them, who buy all this crap (real sense and imaged at the same time), packaged, misleading.

Si all the people were like me, 80 to 90% of industrial food, in supermarkets would be unsold, and the junk food problem would be solved instantly !!

Same for 90% of medicines, all forms of paracetamol, aspirin, syrups, sedatives, sleeping pills, etc., in various forms, which would disappear !!

So education and awareness is needed, but many do not act thoughtfully and scientifically.

Small useful detail:
for hard bread, instead of throwing it away, putting it in a hot oven for a few minutes, or in the 30s microwave, makes it more supple and good, if it was good before. I never throw a crumb of good bread.
On TV, when they showed 40% of the forgotten fridge, going to the trash, I was stunned, stunned !!!

[Obamot]

To say the least The worst is that you're right.

Consumers are fooled by their own search for ease.

In what world of fools and mount have lived!

When we think about it, it's just scary. But this is not to mention the fact that the law of supply and demand are pocked: in particular by attractive prices, the advertising incentive, the fact that all the big chains work according to the same principles and Last but not leastIt has been a long time since the majority of challands have lost all critical sense.

And you could add that the health authorities have a heavy responsibility. They are supposed to protect consumers from their material incapacity:
- to know all the laws and regulations;
- to immediately have the academic knowledge required to know which choice to avoid, yes to avoid ... We have come to this, it's still crazy, to be forced to warn consumers not to consume "trans" fatty acids - yet it has been well fifty years since we know that margarines are harmful - so many denatured, devitalized and demineralized products yet regularly sold "legally", to the point of now having to encourage challands to eat regularly fruits and vegetables...! They are so eaten up and no longer know what to consume - by themselves - since they largely trust the authorities! And how this trust has been abused for decades!

Why do not these health authorities exclusively allow the marketing of irreproachable products?

Because no one can hold rigor to the housewife not to know by heart the chemical formulas (!) And their combinations in the body after ingestion of doubtful products. That's THE WORK! But they do not do it.