International packaging community and Anuga FoodTec intensify fight against food waste
On Planet Earth, two billion humans suffer from obesity and 800 million live on the edge of starvation. Meanwhile huge amounts of edible food are wasted, either in the supply chain up to the consumer or at home by that same consumer after purchase. International exhibition Anuga FoodTec and the packaging community have now joined forces to chart where existing packaging may help in limiting food waste and to define areas where future packaging innovations may be needed.
Two key events are the international conference “Fighting food waste together: how to open the potential of better packaging” (on 22 March 2018 in the morning at the Anuga Foodtec Forum Resource Efficiency) and the NVC Zero Food Waste Dinner (on 22 March 2018 in the evening at the famous maiBeck restaurant in the Cologne ancient City Centre).
Visitors to the Anuga FoodTec (20-23 March 2018) may express their support for the fight against food waste by folding and subsequently using their own promotional fighting food waste lunch box during their stay in Cologne. Food packaging is the activity of temporarily integrating an external function and food to enable the consumption of the food. Important functionalities of food packaging in the fight against food waste are displayed on the box. The fighting food waste lunch boxes are available for free at the stand of the NVC Packaging Centre, Boulevard B033.
Anuga FoodTec will also show how the dissemination of know-how on food packaging via education and training may be drastically improved. The novel NVC Live Online E-course Food Packaging removes the need to travel and facilitates global access for business students from any place with an adequate internet connection. Contrary to many ‘passive’ online courses, the Live Online method brings excellent learning results through live and experienced tutors, engaging business students in truly interactive, state-of-the-art lessons.
To register for your Anuga FoodTec visit and the international conference “Fighting food waste together: how to open the potential of better packaging” on 22 March 2018 morning at the Anuga Foodtec Forum Resource Efficiency, just go to the Anuga FoodTec website.
To register for the NVC Zero Food Waste Dinner on 22 March 2018 evening at the famous maiBeck restaurant in the Cologne ancient City Centre, contact the NVC association office at info@nvc.nl or telephone +31-182-512411.
For more information about the NVC Live Online E-course Food packaging, go to the stand of the NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre, Boulevard B033, contact Isaac Lorenzo at i.lorenzo@nvc.nl or call the NVC association office at +31-182-512411.