The 11th edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, will take place from 24 to 27 May 2011 in Brussels and around Europe. This year’s theme is “Resource Efficiency - Using less, living better”.

“Food waste” in partnership with DG SANCO

24 May - 16.30 - 18.00 

Food wastage is a striking example of inefficient resource use: every year, 89 million tonnes of food is wasted in Europe by food processing plants, retailers, restaurants and consumers. A typical European household throws away between 20 and 30% of the food they buy, and a significant proportion of this is still perfectly edible. Wasting food isn’t just an economic and ethical issue - it also places unnecessary pressures on the ecosystems at the origin of our food. This session will look at the different stages of the food chain where steps could be taken to improve the situation. Discussions will centre round preventing waste and the role of policy-makers, the food packaging industry, retailers and consumers.

Speakers:

• Valentin Thurn, Documentary director

(Quelle: ec.europa.eu)

BOS, unser niederländischer Koproduzent, hat eine eigene Website (in ndl.) zu “Taste the Waste” online gestellt. Es gibt dort Informationen zu geplanten Aktionen rund um den Film und den Welternährungstag im Oktober 2010.

BOS, our Dutch Co-producer has an own Website (in Dutch) about “Taste the Waste”. You will find information about the film and planned events around the World Food Day in October 2010. 

(Michael)