1. Food waste reduction …the tipping point?  MWA Spring Workshop 2014

3. Residue of modern civilization

4. ‘Old’ 3Rs

5. Diversion’s the answer!

6. Shrinking landfill capacity & more waste

7. So much eatable food!

8. 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) INTERNATIONAL 95-115 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

9. Food waste sources

10. Toronto Residential Waste Audits (Weight) Item: Multi-Family 2010-2011 % Single-Family 2010 (Scarborough) % Paper24.228.3 Plastics12.18.9 Metals2.7 Glass3.33.7 Household Special Waste0.3 Food Waste32.933.5 Other Organics14.98.7 Other Materials9.512.9 What are we throwing out? Toronto

11. Causes? Why?

12. New 5Rs

13. 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 ETW CBC News The food-waste debate could use a pinch of common sense …$27 billion dollars worth of food are wasted annually - macleans.ca January 21, 2013macleans.ca 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….

14. 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

15. New strategies New skills Thrift pays Unavoidable & avoidable waste Good for the planet End label confusion New retail practices Your ideas………..

16. Where are the connections? Food waste diversion meets…  Local ‘foodies’, eaters & farmers  Human health, well being & vitality  Environmental protection  Sustainable, healthy communities

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