PKN talks... save food packaging with Alan Adams and Nerida Kelton, who share findings of new industry research into the role of packaging in fighting food waste.
In this episode, Lindy Hughson, Managing Editor & Publisher of PKN Packaging News, talks with Alan Adams, Sustainability Director at Sealed Air APAC and Nerida Kelton, Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP). Both Sealed Air and the AIP are consortium members for the Save Food Packaging Project for the Fight Food Waste CRC.
The key topic of this episode is the launch of the first Save Food Packaging Design Industry Insights report from the AIP, in partnership with RMIT, under the banner of the CRC's Save Food Packaging Project.
The report reveals the extent of the problem when it comes to food manufacturers taking responsibility for preventing food waste.
We start the discussion by asking Alan to provide a brief outline of the extent of the food waste and loss problem the people of Australia, and the world, are facing along with an explanation of what the Save Food Packaging Project is. Nerida then talks about the reasons for the report, its scope and the stakeholders involved.
The discussion then moves on to the key findings of the report and some of the perceived barriers to the adoption of packaging that will save food waste. We wrap up the episode by covering some of the important recommendations going forward and the next steps for the Save Food Packaging Project following this research work.
The Save Food Packaging Consortium is made up of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) as project lead, RMIT as the research partner. Project contributors are ZipForm Packaging, Sealed Air, Multivac and APCO; project partners are Plantic Technologies, Result Group and Ulma Packaging; and the extension network consists of Australian Food Cold Chain Council (AFCCC), Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST).
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