UK food waste policy: the Waste Prevention Programme, Courtauld Commitment 3, and the future of energy recovery
with Clare Hawley, Deputy Director for Food Waste, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and Dr Richard Swannell, Director of Design & Waste Prevention, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme)
and
Avril Banks, TEG Environmental; Jane Bickerstaffe, Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN); Tim Burns, Waste Watch (part of Keep Britain Tidy); Angie Bywater, Methanogen (UK); Raquel Carrasco, Veolia Environmental Services; Dr David Evans, University of Manchester; Richard Gueterbock, Clearfleau; Stuart Lendrum, Sainsbury’s; Charlotte Morton, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association; Ken Mulholland, Brakes; Matt Prosser, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils; Dick Searle, The Packaging Federation; Tristram Stuart, Commentator and Author, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal; Paul Vanston, Kent Waste Partnership and South East 7 Waste Programme and Jon Woolven, IGD
Chaired by:
Mark Pawsey MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Packaging Manufacturing Industry and Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Shadow Minister for Food and Farming
Morning, Tuesday, 21st May 2013
Central London
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This conference focuses on the future direction of policy on food waste including:
•The role of labelling and packaging;
•Next steps for increasing consumer engagement in the prevention and recycling of waste; and
•What more is needed to grow energy recovery.
It comes at a key time in policy development, in the context of:
•Government’s recently announced consultation on the Waste Prevention Programme ahead of its publication in December 2013;
•The recently released WRAP report Consumer Attitudes to Food Waste and Food Packaging, encouraging changes in consumer attitudes and continued innovation to reduce food waste;
•The ongoing Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HFSA) and the anticipated launch of phase 3 of the Courtauld Commitment in Spring 2013; and
•The recently launched United Nations campaign Think, Eat, Save: Reduce your Foodprint, encouraging consumers and food retailers around the world to cut food waste;
Topics for discussion include:
•Government’s Review of Waste Policy: progress, impact and future trends;
•The role of packaging in meeting targets for reduction of wasted food;
•Preventing waste and increasing recycling - informing consumers through food labelling and ensuring access to services;
•Next steps for industry - progress made towards the HFSA goal of reducing food waste by 5% by 2015 and priorities for the anticipated phase 3 of the Courtauld Commitment;
•Utilising waste as a resource - the role of energy recovery and wider innovation; and
•Next steps for food packaging and waste policy - including a keynote address from Clare Hawley, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The agenda has been structured following consultation with officials at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
