As a Global Citizen, I call on you to back targets to halve EU food waste from farm to fork by 2030.
I am proud that Italy and France have shown leadership on food waste in the past. But I am greatly concerned to hear that the European Council have been opposing the European Parliament’s ambitious food waste targets so far – I call on you to reverse this situation, and lead the EU to halve its food waste by 2030.
In the current trialogue discussions on the Waste Framework Directive, I ask you to please gather support from other member states in the European Council for these ambitious proposals:
1) Introduce targets to halve EU food waste from farm to fork by 2030 — including all food loss and waste from the point food is ready to harvest through to consumer level.
2) Review making this food waste target binding by 2020, once baseline data is available.
3) Introduce a food waste hierarchy to prioritise use of food waste across the EU.
4) Introduce a farm-to-fork definition of food waste.
A full list of the amendments I’d like the European Council to support can be seen at: http://ow.ly/WZFD30dOB3K
A policy paper laying out the case for the proposals can be accessed here: http://ow.ly/N8Ej30dOAJC
These proposals are in line with the position of the European Parliament, voted through with overwhelming support in March and laid out in Simona Bonafè’s report — the relevant amendments were numbered at the time of voting 36, 98, 107, 145, 149 and 236.
A food waste reduction target can be set now, because the FLW Platform will have a methodology prepared by 2018 in time for the implementation of the targets by member states in 2019/20. The World Resources Institute recommends a farm-to-fork interpretation of Sustainable Development Goal 12.3: http://ow.ly/W2S230fUK8j
Over 100,000 people and more than 50 organisations across 18 EU countries support targets to halve EU food waste, from farm to fork. You can find further information and a list of supporting organisations here: http://ow.ly/fhxP30dOAYe
Will you commit to back these proposals in the trialogue discussions, and encourage other member states in the European Council to do the same? Please support these inspirational commitments to halve EU food waste.
Yours sincerely,
Wurry Parluten
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/set/urgent-petition-email-tweet-eu-halve-food-waste/
