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FAKTEN & AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN ZUR RELEVANZ
VON LEBENSMITTELABFALL

„Lebensmittelabfälle zu verringern,
bedeutet in einem sehr komplexen
System an Stellschrauben zu dre-
hen. Gesetzte Maßnahmen in ihren
Auswirkungen genau zu erfassen,
ist daher sehr wichtig, um mögliche
negative Folgen zu erkennen und zu
verhindern.

Akteure tragen durch ihre Kooperations ­
bereitschaft und sachbezogene Diskussion

dazu bei, nachhaltige Lösungen gemein ­

sam zu erarbeiten.

Politische Entscheidungsträger
müssen dabei für Rahmenbedingun-
gen sorgen, die Anreize schaffen und
Innovation ermöglichen.“

Dr. Felicitas Schneider
in
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut zu
Lebensmittelabfallvermeidung

„Action on food waste to date has been left to voluntary commitments by
food businesses, which have yielded slow and untransparent action and
almost entirely side-lined food wasted on farms where the majority of supply
chain food waste occurs – with the highest on-farm waste
occurring in industrialised wealthier countries. Currently,
retailer policies generate waste in their suppliers and custo -
mers. To avert climate crisis, we urgently need to accelerate
progress by implementing regulations – like mandatory food
waste reporting for businesses over a certain size, legally
binding food waste reduction targets, funding to generate
farm-level food waste baseline data, contracts based on
hectarage, date labelling reforms, increased taxes or bans
on food waste to landfill and incineration, banning of exces -
sive cosmetic standards, and strengthened unfair trading
practices legislation.

Martin Bowman
Senior Policy and Campaigns Manager at Feedback

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