food waste reduction …the tipping point? mwa spring workshop 2014
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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
