Circular economy and food waste strategies

What a circular economy looks like, how it relates to local revolving of resources and what that means in terms of the international flow of resources, was discussed in January at a high-level Westminster London forum between industry, national and regional agencies for waste management and service suppliers. Debate over how ambitions for zero waste fit into the picture, and a rallying call to find ways to get more value from products and materials in circulation, was all the more timely in light of the newly arrived European Commission Circular Economy package and the COP 21 Paris Climate Conference just ended. Packaging South Asia’s European correspondent Joanne Hunter reports. Unilever’s global packaging sustainability director Louis Lindenberg has made circular economy approaches intrinsic to his waste strategy, to speed the giant corporation’s progress towards goals drawn up in 2010. He took the opportunity to briefly talk about industry’s position on the Indian Government’s proposed ban on all multi-layer flexible packaging materials, which could result in the potential for unintended undesirable consequences. It would take “far more…

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