Hosted by the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum, the policy conference will be addressed by David Bellamy, senior environment policy manager with the Food and Drink Federation; Jane Marren, group managing director of Company Shop Group; and Héloïse Pestel, agricultural counselor at the Embassy of France in London.
Areas for discussion include:
* Policy priorities for reducing food packaging and waste
* Food surplus distribution schemes - their role and how they and supply chain partners have been impacted by Covid-19
* Reducing household and business waste
* Reducing waste in agriculture - and mitigating the effect of changes in climate, and the pandemic, on agricultural waste
* Single use plastics in the food and drink industry - progress and next steps for its reduction
* What more needs to be done across the retail and hospitality sectors
Other contributors will include a ‘senior speaker’ from WRAP; Ringaile Bulatović-Schumer, Culture Excellence; Charlotte Morton, Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association; Dr Adam Read, SUEZ; Andrew Stephen, The Sustainable Restaurant Association; Alex Vlassopulos, Kitche; and Professor Carol Wagstaff, University of Reading and BBSRC Horticulture Quality and Food Loss Network.
You can register to be part of the event by clicking here: https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/book2/Food-packaging-and-waste-in-the-UK