By Toine Timmermans, presented at the 19th TCI Global Conference, Eindhoven, 2016

1. Titel presentatie
[Naam, organisatienaam]
Working Day - Track: Food clusters
Applying the circular economy
Toine Timmermans
Ecosystem Circular Economy of Food

2. Ecosystem Circular Economy of Food
TCI Global Conference
Toine Timmermans

3. Relevant global Drivers and Challenges
 The challenge of overpopulation - 9.6 bln people in 2050 -
60% more food production globally in 2050
 The challenge of urbanisation - in 2050 - 70% of population is
living in urban areas
● Equivalent of building a new city for one million people
every week in the next 35 years
 The challenge of beating malnourishment
 Changing diets
 Increase in obesitas & chronic diseases
 Increase in ageing population

4. European & global targets & initiatives FLW
SDG 12.3:
 By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and
consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply
chains, including post-harvest losses
 EC Circular Economy Package Target = SDG 12.3

5. Food waste – latest estimate EU-28
173 kg pro-capita
food waste

6. FUSIONS Project Structure
ESTABLISH
Reliable data & information sources
• Establish, develop test & describe standardised
quantification & reporting methodologies for
food waste monitoring
• Comprehensive mapping of existing trends
• Criteria for environmental and socio-economic
impact
• Quantification manual and assess EU-28
EXCHANGE
Multi-stakeholder Platform
• Establish the European Multi-stakeholder Platform
• Organisation of European and regional conferences
and interactive meetings
• Organise feedback & consensus building process
ENGAGE
Sharing of knowledge
• Share key deliverables through a range of channels
• Organise events, campaigns and cooperate with
external parties to create maximum impact
• Raise awareness, extend the ambassador network
and provide tools & guides to support action
EXEMPLIFY
Feasibility studies
• Identify initiatives and best practices
• Invite, co-design initiatives & evaluate
• Execute, monitor and evaluate feasibility
studies
• Encourage additional activities
ENABLE
Policy recommendations
• Map legislation & policies
• Identity measures & policy evaluation
framework
• Design guidelines & recommendations
WP1
WP2
WP5
WP3 WP4

7. FUSIONS multi-stakeholder platform

8. Approach FUSIONS recommendations
State-
of-the
art
Reference
points for the
framework
Frame
work
Consultation
Piloting
Definitional
framework
Manual
European food
waste estimates
Estimates of
selected
environmental and
socio-economic
impacts
Report on food
wasted drivers

9. FUSIONS definitional framework
Food waste: Any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be
recovered or disposed to B3-B11,describing different end of life treatments

10. European policy Arena; What’s happening
Policy Commitments: SDG12.3, Circular Economy Package
 Monitoring of food waste at MS level
Building on EU-FUSIONS, Eurostat and FLW protocol
 Establish a new EU platform food waste (public/private)
Data of not sufficient quality
Data of high quality

11. European policy Arena; What’s happening
 Harmonisation of food donation guidelines
 Date labelling (study private sector practices, review terminology,
annex products with no expiration date)
 Support former foodstuffs utilisation as animal feed
 European Court of Auditors report (early 2017)

12. European policy Arena, Member States actions
Collaborative models with Multiple Approaches (& mixed models)
 Enforced by legislation
● France (law to “oblige” donation by supermarkets)
● Italy (facilitate donation, incentives)
● UK (Groceries Code Adjudicator, fair trading practices)

13. European policy Arena, Member States actions
 Voluntary agreements (already running for some years):
● Courtauld Agreement (UK), Sustainable Food Alliance (NL),
Format/Mattvet (NO), Chain Roadmap (BE)
 Urban City (Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, Amsterdam Metropolitan
Solutions)

14. Circular economy & value networks
Grower Processor Carrier DC retailer Retailer +
consumer
Waste
management

15. Resource efficiency: Food Use Hierarchy
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Feed
AddedValue
Volume
Fill
Flare
Fire
Fertilizer
Fermentation
Fuel
Food
Fun
Farma

16. Social innovation, inspirational examples
The
harvest…
…Of the
day

17. (Social) innovation & systemic causes

18.  Product side streams: 860 kton, 13% production volume
 Product side streams from primary
production + trade = 642 kton (75%)
 9 from 30 regions = 80%
(Flevoland, Noord Brabant, Zeeland,
Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
West Vlaanderen, Schleswig-Holstein,
Zuid-Holland en Noord-Holland)
Volumes & Locations (top 20 vegetables)

19. Composition macro and micro nutrients

20. Optimal logistics – Number & locations

21. Scaling up & systemic solutions

22. Food ThreeSixty Ecosystem

23. Alternative protein production systems

24. Interaction retail & food service - consumer

25. Join us!

26. Nature

27. Food & Nutrition

28. People

29. Look differerently

30. The Source Shakers community
blends ideas into solutions
Entrepreneurs, students,
designers, specialists with
matching competences (ICT,
logistics, design, food
processing, packaging,
marketing, etc.)
Agrofood companies
with side streams
The Source Shakers team:
matching & creation
Solutions against
food waste
Solution
providers
Solution
seekers
Shakers
team

31. Shakers community and
matchmaking
- Continuous
- online & offline
- Matching community
members
- Deliver inspiration,
insights, innovation and
impact
Shakers
Commu-
nity
Inspiration
Match
making
Insights
Match
making
Innovation
Match
making
Access to
existing
solutions,
experts,
guidance &
best
practices
Company specific
scan & roadmap
of business
opportunities
Realisation of
(innovative) food
waste solutions

32. 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
Resource Efficient Food and dRink for
the Entire Supply cHain (2015 – 2019)
26 partners, 12 countries
Multi stakeholder platforms: the
Netherlands, Germany, Spain,
Hungary, China

33. www.eu-refresh.org
The REFRESH Project
A central ambition of the REFRESH project is to develop a
‘Framework of Action’ model that is based on strategic
agreements across all stages of the supply chain (backed by
Governments), delivered through collaborative working and
supported by evidence-based tools to allow targeted, cost
effective interventions.
Success will support transformation towards a more
sustainable food system, based on Circular Economy
principles, benefitting Europe’s economy, environment and
society.

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REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest
What’s your freshest idea to tackle food waste ?

35. Thanks for your
attention
toine.timmermans@wur.nl
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