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Food waste is such a big problem, that if it were a country it would be the third largest contribute of carbon emissions. No In the past ten years, world leaders have taken notice and made larger commitments to cutting the amount of food wasted, particularly in developing countries. As we face problems within climate change, a rising vegetarian trend, and a exploding population, the problem is becoming more evident than ever.
The EU Commission issued a statement earlier in 2016 reporting an estimated 88 million tonnes of food waste thrown away within the European Union, or the equivalent cost of 143 billion euros per year. According to the FUSIONS Report, referenced on the official EU website, more than half of this food wasted is generated in households. But much of the waste still occurs in restaurants and food suppliers.
The Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals
Two agreements in the past decade have been made to help account for reducing global carbon emissions, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development goals. Now the European Parliament is putting more pressure on the handling issue, using these modules and The Commissions Circular Economy Package to outline the agenda and planning for a more sustainable Europe in the next decade.
Food waste prevention is an integral part of the Commission’s new Circular Economy Package to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy which will boost global competitiveness, foster sustainable growth and generate new jobs.” –EU actions against food waste
Food waste is not only an ethical or economic issue, but also totals a environmental consequences that we inevitably have to pay for. Now world leaders are searching for ways to use food waste as a economic opportunity, and a clear method to reduce world hunger and a more sustainable lifestyle. To reduce food waste is to reduce the exploitation of the resources needed to cut food waste.
A Timeline for the Paris Agreement
According the Paris Agreement, the EU aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by of 1990 levels by 2030. To do this there will create a demand in increased renewable or sustainable energies. While there will be crackdowns on certain company policies to use unsustainable practices for production, the market will also open up to a realm of opportunities within the tech and environmental industries.
An economy based on renewable biological resources, known as the bioeconomy, could be the key to achieve this goal. Innovations from the bioeconomy, such as making biofuels from food waste, could help the EU to use cleaner renewable energy. This would propel the EU towards a more carbon-neutral, circular economy where waste is recycled and sold as new products. – Johnathon Smith
While the Paris agreement proposes ambitious goals to cut practices that are harmful to Europe, the Sustainable development goals was developed by the United Nations in order to create a better world for human dignity, helping the economy and maintaining a balanced environment. In November 2016 the European Union outlined points to their agenda for the 2030 goals to reduce Global Warming Emissions. These Sustainable Development goals are also on the European Commissions 10 priorities. The Second goal under the Sustainable goals is ”Zero Hunger”, and refers to proper redistribution of food items and business practice that reduces hunger, saves labor costs and creates a environmentally efficient use of food.
For SDG 2 ”End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”, the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has three objectives that remain very relevant and high on the agenda: viable food production, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action, and balanced territorial development. Similarly the reformed Common Fisheries Policy aims at contributing to sustainable food supply through sustainable fishing and aquaculture activities. Through the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived the EU supports Member States’ actions to provide sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food to the most deprived people. These policies are complemented by research and innovation actions on food and nutrition security such as FOOD 2030. – Next Steps for a Sustainable European Future
Sustainable Development Goals
The reduction of food waste itself actually plays a part within four of the sustainable development goals for Europe, Being Zero Hunger, Making cities safe, Climate Change and Sustainability for forests.
Certain countries within Europe have already made major differences within the EU, France and The Netherlands in particular, banning food waste to go to landfill if not purchased at food suppliers. France and the Netherlands are the first countries to publicly address the issue, banning food waste in order to reduce hunger. In February 2016, France became the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away unused food, forcing them to donate to charities or food banks, and now is an example to many worldwide.
Before this though France was known to be one of the greatest wasters of food. Its culinary reputation is world wide and is a large reason for tourism. Finding a sustainable way to handle excess food has helped deal with other issues
Of the 7.1m tonnes of food wasted in France annually, 67% is binned by consumers, 15% by restaurants and 11% by shops. Each year 1.3bn tonnes of food are wasted worldwide.
A report published in 2015 showed that UK households threw away 7m tonnes of food in 2012, enough to fill London’s Wembley stadium nine times over. Avoidable household food waste in the UK is associated with 17m tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. – The Guardian
In parallel, the Netherlands launched its own campaign against food waste in march this year, known as ”United against Food waste” also originated by the Circular Economy in Food. Within the campaign are companies, research institutes, governmental and NGO organizations. Several Million dollars euros will be provided by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to make sure the methods and research is accurate to cut the amount of food waste in Half by 2030.
The European Commission is looking forward to a growing relationship with NGO’s, industries as many countries will sign on board similarly with the agreements made and now are becoming more relevant than ever.
Through thePlatform on Food Losses and Food Waste, the Commission is analyzing in close cooperation with industry, consumer and other NGOs, research institutes and EU countries policy experts how to reduce food waste without compromising food safety, while also discussing options for possible EU action
A timeline of Europe’s relationship with waste
2001- EU Sustainable Development Strategy was launched
2009- revised Sustainable Development methods.
2015- Paris agreement was made.
2016- The European Commission plans to implement sustainable development strategies to target reduced emissions for 2030.
October 2018- An Overwhelming vote to ban single use plastics by 2020.
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Dear Reader, It’s with great pleasure I am writing to you in reference to our company launch for Food Waste Technologies, a new online platform to serve large Kitchens, food suppliers or any business reduce food waste levels.
At the age of 57 and 5 years after working in the former company Grace Organic (that has been developing products and tools for cutting food waste), we began to see a rise within compost technology and competition. It became clear that many others also forsee the future market that the environment provides and the jobs that will be created from sustainable energy and production practices. At this point, I felt that I needed to change the direction of my approach, to how we manage food waste, and hence just in in 2018 I have launched this initiative, the platform Food Waste Technologies.
This letter serves to better summarize our business purpose, strategy and company philosophy as well as the characteristics of our investments. I would like to stress how we think and operate as a business for better personification, and to all future shareholders and investors in the company.
Food Waste Technologies is a company designed by different servers around europe creating a center for communication and primary hub for food waste solutions that are being practiced. The world is changing, sometimes faster than we may have previously anticipated. With laws and standards being already replaced by government leaders, we are encouraging businesses to join what will already be an inevitable shift in policy. This is already being done in small incremental changes. Agreements such as the Paris agreement and Sustainable Development methods already align goals by countries all over the world (with the exception of the United States) to aim towards a more an economy that will be overtime geared to more sustainable standards foresees a shift within how businesses are working in accordance to these foreseeable changes.
We hope our performance will be aided by a large window of opportunity within the environmental sector, that holds opportunity to so many renewable energy sources. Within many years of progress and tweaking to our own products, we also saw a need for an entire platform in the sector that better links all those working with food waste. I welcome the opportunity to explore and trail blaze this narrowly centered path alongside other partners, and investors. I understand the hurdles and nuances that come with bringing up a new idea to the market. For this reason we welcome partners to join us.
We have our own (FWT) Products, that serve and are designed to benefit certain businesses to improve and calculate the amount of food that is being wasted, the money value on this waste, then teach them how measure, calculate and cut their amount of waste, saving assets and generating less expenses for their business. We’ve done this primarily focusing on a three sets of tracking. The first is a set of scales that any food company can easily place in their kitchen or back storage area to weigh food that will be shipped off. Secondly is a compost machine, which turns all excess organic waste (including trimmings, bones, egg shells or other food parts that are non edible, into nutrient rich organic waste.)We’ve seen popularity of this product within remote areas, where transportation fees for moving trash is costly; also creating a double benefit for restaurants that use compost on roof tops, to grow herbs or other smaller plants used fresh in daily meals. Finally, we offer a third OPS/ Android application to our clients for become part of the virtual restaurant industry and compare their amount of waste cuts to others and share a “green” rating status. These measurements will be able to generate a sort of index that will in the future be of users to measure a level of sustainability to their counterparts. Apart from our own products, our website serves as a sort of “Hub” for all technologies working in the food waste industry, and if they wish, partner with us. We accept and represent partner companies that would like to bring their product to the European market, and we deliver it as suppliers. Within our work, we have seen the innovations within the Food Tech industry, and feel that many people are in line with our belief that Food Waste is an unnecessary extreme contributor of greenhouse gasses which can be prevented easily by everyone. These products are placed on our website as Food Waste Accessories which identifies any sort of product, company, organization that is similarly geared to the ideals we have for food waste. This collision and space for working methods and solution will create a global presence where people can easily find their own solutions. For this reason I invite all people to collaborate within their specialty field if interested in becoming part of this deal. We hope to sync skills between scientists, business people and consumers. Along with these accessories we also hold education programs, which in time we hope to be sources of education provided for both children and adults in education programs for online teaching how to keep kitchens, food suppliers, and hotels food waste smart. While these are downloaded from the our website the rest of our products & accessories are shipped from local hubs supported locally.
Most stakeholders, investors and potential clients I have the opportunity to speak with are already well informed about the growing food waste crisis. They have seen the shift in consumer trends and accept the necessity for more reliable methods that will incrementally save expenses and withhold money in the company. In any other ways we suggest others to make a difference, we have sponsorship opportunities for those willing to invest in the expansion in this technology. I invite you for your collaboration, your ideas in this growing project as we begin our journey. If this is a cause you feel connected or passionate about, then we are asking you join us in the force to combat climate change, in the way you can participate everyday. We hope to grow with your voice, keep your ideas heard and share your journey with food waste on our platform. I hope, this is the beginning of a very long conversation.
Sincerely, Johan Lundberg Founder of Food Waste Technology
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