Two billion people suffer from obesity (and may develop illnesses like diabetes from too much and unhealthy food) whereas 800 million other people live at the edge of starvation on our Planet. At the same time we waste 1/3 of the consumable food in the supply chain and at home. Packaging is playing different roles here: both 'good' and 'bad'. In this workshop around 80 packaging managers analysed the current situation and did their best to start working on ways how better packaging may fight food waste in the future. Food for thought!

1. Fighting Food Waste
unpacking the potential of packaging
Michael Nieuwesteeg
NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre

3. □ Packaging waste
□ Zero food waste
□ Both
□ None of both

5. □ Packaging waste
□ Zero food waste
□ Both
□ None of both

7. □ Packaging waste
□ Zero parfum waste
□ Both
□ None of both

9. □ Packaging waste
□ Zero candy waste
□ Both
□ None of both

11. Definitions
• Packaging is:
• Waste is:

12. Packaging is:
The activity of temporarily integrating an
external function and a product to enable the
use (consumption) of the product (food).

13. Waste is*:
● Damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a
manufacturing process: such as (1) : material rejected during
a textile manufacturing process and used usually for wiping
away dirt and oil (2) : scrap (3) : an unwanted by-product of
a manufacturing process, chemical laboratory, or nuclear
reactor
● Refuse from places of human or animal habitation: as (1)
: garbage, rubbish (2) : excrement —often used in plural (3)
: sewage
● Material derived by mechanical and chemical weathering of
the land and moved down sloping surfaces or carried by
streams to the sea
* Merriam-Webster 2017

14. Facts and debate: two videos
FAO Facts https://youtu.be/IoCVrkcaH6Q
(3’15”)
NVC Inspiration meeting:
https://youtu.be/-ZIoVP_6eQQ
(3’31”)

15. First bite:
Where and how can packaging
• Prevent over-consumption?
• Prevent food losses in the supply chain?
• Influence consumer behaviour?

16. Prevent over-consumption

17. Prevent food losses supply chain

18. Influence consumer behaviour

19. Food for thought
• SAVE FOOD pavilion at interpack 4-10 May, 2017
(NVC at North entrance ENB/03)
• Knowledge Xchange on fighting food waste via
better packging at Anuga Foodtec 20-23 March,
2018 (NVC is content partner)
• NVC Course on Food Packaging
(online, global access, no-travel, live tutors, full interaction)
• NVC General Meeting of Members 29 November,
2018 (focus on food packaging innovation)

20. Food for thought at PDI 16 March
Packaging activity aims to create added value (AV), in the
gross margin (GM) of the packaged product at the moment of
purchasing by the customer. One input factor is the
purchasing cost of the packaging material PCoP.
The AVP ratio (GM/PCoP) for packaged products (published by
NVC in 2003 for many different sectors) ranges from 2-20.
How does the PCoP relate to loss of GM due to damage/waste
of the packaged product?
How can we define the right parameters to stimulate
innovation towards fighting food waste?

21. THANKYOU!
NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre
www.nvc.nl
T. +31-182-512411
E. info@nvc.nl