Presentation at the 2nd Meetings Go Green Workshop, on Reducing Food Waste & Organic Waste Sorting "Saying Goodbye to Food Waste: Is It Possible?".

1. Don’t throw away - Donate
Food donation to support the most
deprived
Brussels – 03/01/ 2016

2. In the world, 1/3 of food produced for human
consumption is wasted.
This represents 1,3 billion tons per year.
Source : FAO - 2011

3. At EU level, manufacturing + retail/wholesale + catering +
households = 89 million tons of food waste per year or
243 000 tons per day or 179 kg/capita/year

4. Unsold products/surplus/leftovers…
• Uneaten ordered products (catering)
• Order error
• Unmarketable products - ex : twisted
vegetables
• Change of packaging, wrong label…
• Close expiration date or date of minimum
durability...

5. Yet in the EU
• 79 million people live below the poverty line
• 40 million people can not afford a basic meal
every other day.
Many people are depending on food aid
• 16 million people in the EU
• More than 240.000 people in Belgium
• More than 55.000 people in Brussels

6. Why donate ?
• Solidarity
• Fight against food waste – reducing of waste
and reducing environmental impacts
• Corporate social responsibility
• Stock optimisation
• Often cheaper than throwing (VAT Directive)

7. To whom donate?
Food aid organisations
• Food parcels
• Social grocery stores
• Social restaurants
• Public social services / Red Cross / Saint-Vincent de Paul /
Resto du Cœur…
• Food Banks
• Intermediate/support platforms (Dream, Bourse aux
dons…)
Social economy projects
• Refresh, Disco soup…

8. In Brussels, more than 100 organisations are
active in food aid
• 52 services deliver food parcels
• 11 social grocery stores
• 29 social restaurants and 24 municipality
restaurants
• 7 public social services (CPAS)
• Food Bank
To whom donate?

9. Different forms of food aid
Each kind of food aid meets specific needs and complements each other
effectively.
Source: FdSS, 2012

10. To whom should I donate?
• Different choices taking into account : kind of
products, distribution deadlines, expiration
date, kind of food aid organisation (the
services it provides ; its beneficiaries),
distances,…

11. What can be given?
• All fresh products, frozen products or dry goods
• Organisations recognised by AFSCA/citizens
• Food safety
• Expiration date or date of minimum durability
• Intact packaging
• Product with wrong labeling ?
• Information on allergens

12. What can be given?
• Hot and cold chains holding
• Refrigerated transport (bags, boxes, t° control, …)
– Cold meals – max 7°
– Hot meals – above 60°
• Defrosted products not to refreeze
• « Home made » freezing : date + type of product –
max 2 month

13. What can be given?
• Responsibility : transfer of the responsibility during
the donation but the company is responsible in case
of health alert.
• Food aid organisations takes an insurance

14. Together let’s support food donations
Efficient management of food
surplus

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18. First results
• Official kick-off 29/10/2015
• More than 220 organisations registred
• Daily offers of fruits and vegetables (DREAM) +
other donors + ongoing negotiations
• 7 actual local partnerships and 45 ongoing
projects
• 40 tons per month → 100 tons per week
• Development of logistics