3. Foreword
Food waste
Strategies to reduce food waste
The term «waste» means all of those
products discarded from agri-food
chain, which have lost commercial
value but that can still be intended for
human consumption. They are
therefore perfectly usable, but not
more salable, and without any possible
alternative use, are intended to be
discarded or disposed. They are
"unsold but not salable”.
The waste can not be limited only to
correct behaviors: it takes
organisation, logistics, ethical
impulse, entrepreneurial creativity and
economic recovery. This results in a
more careful management of stores and
transportation of goods; in reducing
emissions, reducing waste and saving
energy.
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4. The scenario: the Italian situation
Food waste costs:
Losses in agriculture
10 billion €/year
Industrial waste
1,2 billion €/year
Distribution waste
1,5 billion €/year
TOTAL
12,7 billion €/year
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5. The scenario: legislative context
Official Gazette n. 150 of 1st July 2003:
L. 155/03, Discipline of the distribution of food products for
purposes of social solidarity
Also known as
“Good Samaritan law”
• NGOs can recover highly perishable unsold foods and distribute them to the
needy.
• The responsibility on the conservation, transportation, storage and use of
food, is transferred to NGOS as it compares non-profit associations to the final
consumer.
PROBLEM: The situation is not uniformed as there are
different interpretations and applications of such law
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6. The Coop system: ongoing projects
PROJECTS:
Brutti ma Buoni
Buon Fine
Spreco Utile
STARTING DATE: from 2003 to
2011
STORES INVOLVED AS FOR 2012:
• 98 hypermarkets
• 442 supermarkets
• 4 wharehouses
For a total of 544 points of sale
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7. The Coop system: some figures
TOTAL AMOUNT OF DONATIONS IN 2012 26.553.683 €
of which 26.012.918 food
and 540.765 non food (6 Coops out of 10 donate non
food)
Over 140.000 people attended in 2012.
NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED:
813 associations were involved at national and local level
SAVED WASTE
5.115.463 kilos* were donated in 2012, based on figures given by coops.
Considering 10% of post-donation waste, we saved 4.603.917 kg waste .
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8. The Coop system: instore process
SURPLUS
Damaged
products
Products close
to the expiry
date
PROMOTIONS
In 2013 Unicoop Firenze
introduced the variable
salary for the reduction
of the share of R&A
Dumping
Donations
Waste
Estimate of the staff
committment:
• 1h/day for point of sale
• 3 h for training + daily
management meeting
One of our cooperatives does not apply promotions
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9. The Coop system: the process on the territory
ASSOCIATIONS
Health
and
society
SHOPPING BOX
Voluntary
work
WITH MEMBERS
CONTRIBUTION
Over 140.000*
people attended
in 2012
CANTEENS
Religious
Animalrights
1 coop.va has almost all
the points of involved
stores
FOSTER HOME
3 coop.ve include
warehouses and
distribution centers
DISTRIBUTION
CENTERS
ESTIMATE OF STAFF
COMMITTMENT:
270 h/year for each
area/district
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10. The Coop system: phases
II PHASE
I PHASE
Surplus management
Donation
Waste
Donation
III PHASE
Donation
Waste
Waste
Promotions
Promotions
Promotions
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11. The Coop system: involment of active members
All cooperatives involve active members in their projects.
The main fields of members involvement are:
• Research/ selection of the associations
• Relations with the associations
• Assessment of the associations’ activities
• Local initiatives promotion
Other fields of action are:
• Food collection
• Staff support
• Nutritional education
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12. Projects analysis– A Coop study
The aim of the study is having an
overall picture of the projects, the
results and the main effects on the
community regarding the
management of surpluses through
donation done by Coop cooperatives.
The question was how the surplus generated is managed and in what ways
compared to one of the three destinations identified:
• donation to charities or food bank,
• transferred or sold to processing companies for animal feed,
• transferred or sold to disposal authorities
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14. The analysis: methodology
DATA COLLECTION
To quantify the product
flows and complete the
information framework
INTERVIEWS
PROCESSING
INDICATORS
to delineate the
project and processes
To quantify variables
Picture of
donation
projects
DATA ANALYSIS
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15. Future scenarios: development of the model; three
strategies
+ EFFICIENCY
- SURPLUS
COOP SYSTEM
+ DONATED PRODUCTS
- WASTE
LOGISTICS
Uniformed data
collection
Ufficial collection
center
System monitoring
Coop collection
center
Best practices
+ SOCIAL VALUE
“END-USER”
Subsidiarity
Network of
subsidiarity
Social innovation
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16. Future scenarios: value in use and development
COOP FORMAT DESIGN
EUROPEAN PROJECT
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Integrated system
which involves
the entire
supply chain
UNIFORMITY AND
LEGISLATIONS
Dissemination of
good practices,
model outreach
Collaboration
ANCC/Coop Italy
and Euro Coop
for EXPO 2015
EFFICIENCY AND
INNOVATION
Increase what can
be recovered
by acting on
surpluses and waste
Measure the
social value
generated on
the territory
SOCIAL VALUE AND
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
New models,
Innovative start-ups
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