Waste = foodLesson one: Introducing waste = food

Learning objectives:•To rethink our attitudes towards packaging as redundant waste •To develop circular economy thinking: waste = food

What happens to our waste?

Let’s rethink waste

Using circular economy thinking we could rethink litter.

What if the litter we dropped benefited the environment?

Could we rethink packaging to be completely biodegradable?

Have a look at: http://www.matchstickgarden.com

These biodegradable paper sticks are impregnated with seeds.

Biodigesters

Food and compostable packaging could be a useful source of methane, derived from biodigesters.

Where does your garden and food waste go at the moment?

From linear to circular

Most current packaging falls into this side.

How can we change the system so that it falls on this side of the model?

Polystyrene food packaging: Linear or circular?

Raw materials

Processing

Packaging

TransportEnd of use as

food packaging

Materials recovery phase

Landfill

What do we need to find out?

Where can we find out about the following things?

• Materials

• Composting

• Biodigesters