Day 2
| Day Two – 9 November 2011 | |
| 08:30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09:05 | Chair’s Opening RemarksJohn Swift, Director of Regulatory Affairs, SCA, Belgium / Chairman, Europen |
| Retailers’ Response to Food Waste | |
| 09:15 | Case Study: A Major Retailer’s Strategies to Combat Food Waste in the Netherlands- Corporate responsibility at Ahold
- Food waste - Policies & processes - Some case studies and best practices Thijs Duyzings, Corporate Responsibility – Waste Reduction, Royal Ahold, The Netherlands |
| 09:45 | Case Study: Actions by a Major Retailer to Tackle Food Waste in Norway- Putting food waste on the Norwegian agenda
- Establishing the first Norwegian Foodbank - Encouraging cooperation within the food industry to find causes and remedies for the food waste - Using food waste for biogas-production instead of burning it Halvard Hauer, Environmental Manager, NorgesGruppen ASA, Norway |
| 10:15 | Questions |
| 10:30 | Refreshments |
| Transforming Waste into a Resource | |
| 11:00 | How Much Food Waste? How to Measure it and Make Reliable Statistics?- System definitions, sources and categories
- Detailed waste sorting analysis - National material flow analysis - Examples from Norway Frode Syversen, General Manager, Mepex, Norway |
| 11:30 | Food Waste as a Resource: Used Vegetable Oil as Feedstock for Biodiesel Production- Managing operations: collection, production and distribution
- Managing the financials of a biodiesel plant Javier Vila, Managing Director, Bionet Europa, Spain |
| 12:00 | Questions |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Food Waste as a Resource: Selecting the Most Effective Food Waste Processing Method- Drivers for change and the requirement to treat food waste
- Changes over time in treating food waste - Different types of systems for treating food waste – costs and benefits - A case study of anaerobic digestion for treating food waste - Technical competency Dr Stephen Wise, Technical Director, Shanks Waste Management, UK |
| The Response of the Packaging Industry | |
| 14:15 | Packaging: Part of the Solution in CombatingFood Waste● Contributing to resource efficiency
● Towards a positive public packaging policy ● Industry led initiatives and solutions for change ● Changing old habits through stakeholder cooperation Julian Carroll, Managing Director, EUROPEN, Belgium |
| 14:45 | Save Food and Packaging – Intelligent Strategies to Close the Loop● Packaging as an investment in safe food
● Sustainable packaging providing functionality, safety, and resource protection ● The future of sustainability and packaging Gilian Gerke, Group Manager Sustainability Services, DSD, Germany |
| 15:15 | Questions |
| 15:30 | Refreshments |
| 15:50 | Panel Discussion: The Role of Packaging in Reducing Food WasteAnnukka Leppänen-Turkula, Managing Director, The Environmental Register of Packaging PYR Ltd, Finland
John Swift, Director of Regulatory Affairs, SCA, Belgium / Chairman, EUROPEN Gilian Gerke, Group Manager Sustainability Services, DSD, Germany |
| 16:20 | New Packaging Solutions to Combat Food WasteChristian Salbu Aasland, CEO, TimeTemp AS, Norway |
| 16:50 | Questions |
| 17:05 | Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 17:10 | The End of the Conference |
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