Food Waste Reduction Roadmap Launched

New Zealand Food Waste Champions 12.3 and the University of Otago’s Food Waste Innovation Research Theme have released a Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, mapping out solutions to reduce food waste from farm to fork. The research incorporates findings from 30+ Interviews and Case Studies from 12 Food Waste “Champions”, whose initiatives to reduce food waste are celebrated.  

The launch of the roadmap was celebrated on international Stop Food Waste (28th April) with an online webinar detailing the report.

The Roadmap calls on Government to urgently set a food waste reduction target in line with the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 – and halve food waste by 2030. It highlights data gaps, particularly in Production, and the need for the Government to progress data collection through a food loss and waste baseline.

The report covers five sections of the food supply chain: Production, Processing, Retail, Hospitality and Household. At the Launch, five Champions spoke to a webinar audience on each of these sections and their Case Studies.

The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap is an eight-month research project with input from many people to drive food waste reduction in Aotearoa, NZ. The Roadmap is a conversation starter to attract attention to food waste and get people thinking about what they can do in their own area, be that government, business or even at the home.

Angie Warren-Clark (MP)

“The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap is an important piece of research to help us understand the issues around food waste in Aotearoa. It is a starting point for further work to inform our understanding of the barriers and opportunities across our whole food system.”

To access the report: https://www.nzchampions123.org/resources
Contact: Tessa Vincent, nzchampions123@gmail.com or Trixie Croad food.waste@otago.ac.nz