Adding value to food waste and by-products REFRESH Community of Experts webinar series www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 REFRESH is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement no. 641933. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of REFRESH and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union
Our speakers today Dr Nina Sweet OBE, Dr Karin Östergren, Dr Karen Luyckx, Specialist Adviser, Senior Researcher, Head of Research, WRAP Cymru (chair) RISE Agrifood and Feedback Bioscience www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Background REFRESH: EU research project taking action against food waste Actively promotes collaboration in tackling food waste REFRESH Community of Experts (CoE) is virtual platform to: Share knowledge and best practice Enable replication Host tools and resources Promote cross-sector collaboration www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
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The webinar series REFRESH CoE running webinar series, 9 April – 2 May 2019. Adding value to food waste and by- 9 April 2019 – 2 pm BST (3 pm CEST) products Voluntary agreements to address food 10 April 2019 – 2 pm BST (3 pm waste CEST) Tackling consumer food waste 29 April 2019 – 2 pm BST (3 pm CEST) Measuring and managing retail food 2 May 2019 – 2pm BST (3 pm CEST) waste To register or view recordings please visit: www.refreshcoe.eu/refresh-webinar-series www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Today’s Agenda 1. Introduction and overview (Nina): including the greatest opportunities for increasing value and case studies 2. Policy landscape (Karen): including the REFRESH Animal Feed tool, new commission guidelines and barriers an opportunities in policy 3. Assessment for adding value (Karin) : including benefits of assessment, recommended approaches and REFRESH Forklift tool 4. Questions 5. Close www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Asking questions Please ask questions! Use the question box near the bottom of your control panel We will try and answer as many as we can at the end of the webinar CoE can also be used to ask questions and share knowledge www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dr Nina Sweet OBE, Specialist Adviser, WRAP Cymru Introduction and overview www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
The EU Bioeconomy 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Size of the bioeconomy Report from the Intesa Sanpaolo Research Department in March dedicated to bioeconomy showed the bioeconomy is worth € 1.22 trillion in five EU countries: Production potential Share of national production 350 12% 300 10% 250 8% € billion 200 6% 150 4% 100 2% 50 0 0% Germany France Italy Spain UK Published strategies Mar Jan Nov Mar Dec 14 17 16 16 19
Ref: InnProBio Bioeconomy products “The UK chemical industry currently has sales of over £60bn per annum … around £6bn of this might be replaced with renewable chemicals produced from waste materials. ” House of Lords Select Committee (2014): Waste or resource? Stimulating a bioeconomy “Strong efforts are needed to address the current imbalance between material and energy uses of industrial residues where more significant potential for cascading exists.” EC (2016): Study on the optimised cascading use of wood 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Food waste numbers: 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
What is valorisation? Adding value to resources Conventional food waste hierarchy Valorisation sits between prevention and recycling 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Making the most of food? The process of converting food waste materials into higher value products including: • Higher value food, pet food and animal feed products • Chemicals, materials, and fuels that could displace fossil derive products 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Why add value to food wastes? Cost benefits Corporate Sustainability Responsibility Reuse valuable resources Reduces waste, carbon and water Contribute towards a circular economy 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
The approach to valorisation Identify material flows Identify unavoidable by- products Prioritise valorisation hotspots Evaluate valorisation options 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Mapping of food and drink sectors 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Options Appraisals Milk – separator de-sludge Cheese – salty whey Cottage cheese – acid whey 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dairy processing – an idealised circular model 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
The Wrap Cymru Business Case Toolkit and Framework Tool to demonstrate how waste valorisation improvements can lead to - increased productivity and efficiency, - higher product outputs and - increased revenue for the company 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Valorisation Case studies
WRAP Cymru case studies 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
WRAP’s Waste Valorisation Resources • Waste and by-products mapping guide • Food waste valorisation presentations Business case tool kit • • Bioeconomy Cymru ezine - Subscribe here. Available from: http://www.wrapcymru.org.uk/valorisation- resources
Dr Karen Luyckx, Head of Research, Feedback Policy landscape www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Directive on Unfair Circular Economy Bio-Economy Strategy Trading Practices National Legislation/ EU Platform Working Group on Donation Guidelines on Former Foodstuffs Renewable Energy Directive Farm Manufacturing Retail Food service Consumer www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Geographical location: Proportion of • renewables in local energy mix Surplus food • to processing to farm transport distances Source: Salemdeeb, R et al. "Environmental and health impacts of using food waste as animal feed: a comparative analysis of food waste management options." Journal of cleaner production 140 (2017). www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dr Karen Luyckx, Head of Research, Feedback Policy landscape www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dr Karen Luyckx, Head of Research, Feedback Policy landscape www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dr Karen Luyckx, Head of Research, Feedback Policy landscape www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Dr Karen Luyckx, Head of Research, Feedback Policy landscape www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org Please do not follow advice in this presentation as it gives only a small selection of the information and legal references available in the complete tool
EC Guidelines for the feed use of food no longer intended for human consumption (2018) • Use-by-date: responsibility of Feed Business Operator to ensure safety • Transport: dedicated containers • Exemption registration food businesses under Reg 183 (Feed Hygiene) www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
• Legislation does not differentiate between ruminants and omnivorous non-ruminant livestock • EFFPA projection on use of former foodstuffs in feed: up to 7 million tonnes annually = 22% of surplus from the manufacturing, retail and food service • Japan processes 52% www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Specialist licenced treatment facilities An interdisciplinary expert panel at Wageningen University with APHA, veterinary epidemiologists, microbiologists and pig nutritionists: From a technical point of view it is possible to process food waste into safe feed for omnivores, but noted importance of Heat treatment and acidification Prevention of cross-contamination Strict biosecurity (zoning, one directional process flow, temperature monitoring etc) For detailed information, see REFRESH report D6.7 Animal feed by Luyckx et al. (2019) to be published by May on the REFRESH results website www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
Questions Full full information, see REFRESH report by De Menna et al. 2018 to be published on REFRESH results website www.refreshcoe.eu 4/10/2019 www.eu-refresh.org
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