RPC Group joins Save Food initiative

27 March 2014


RPC Group, has joined the Save Food initiative, a joint campaign organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and Messe Düsseldorf to highlight and fight global food loss and waste.

According to the leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer, the Save Food initiative ideally complements and supports the company’s own comprehensive sustainability programme.

“At RPC we are committed to developing a range of sustainable packaging solutions that help to keep food fresher for longer and the Save Food campaign provides the ideal forum to show both manufacturers and consumers how they too can make a difference,” says Katherine Fleet, RPC’s group sustainability manager.

Fleet quotes Incpen figures showing that food wastage in developing countries can be as high as 50%, whereas, she says, in the UK only 3% goes to waste before it reaches the shops.

“This fact demonstrates both the challenges involved in reducing food waste as well as the crucial role that packaging can play in achieving this,” she says.

“And this is equally important in developed countries since, as the WRAP ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’ campaign reports, of the 7 million tonnes of food and drink thrown away from UK homes every year, more than half could have been eaten.”

Save Food was launched at Interpack 2011 and since the beginning of 2013 has also enjoyed the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

To coincide with this year’s Interpack in Düsseldorf, 8-14 May 2014, a Save Food Congress will again take place on 7 and 8 May, bringing together experts from industry, the political sphere and civil society.

The Save Food initiative now has over 100 members across the food supply chain who, through networking events and ongoing dialogue and discussion, aim to develop solutions to tackle the problems of food waste.

Each year worldwide, a third of all food is thrown away or lost, while at the same time around 842 million people are suffering from hunger.

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