Conference to promote appreciation instead of waste

Conference to promote appreciation instead of waste

The effects of food waste are serious. At the conference "value instead of throwing away", suitable solution strategies to contain food waste was discussed. All actors - from production to private households - were taken into account.

"The effects of food waste are serious. Every German throws almost 80 kilograms of food every year. The majority of food waste is created with around 59 percent in private households. It is our responsibility to take strategies and measures to take effect on this global problem," said the Minister of Nutrition, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection, Peter Hauk, on the occasion of the conference "on the occasion of the conference" on the occasion of the conference " throw away ”in Stuttgart.

"Today's conference offers a good opportunity to discuss suitable solution strategies for the containment of food waste. All actors -from production to private households -have to be taken into account. However, consumers play a special role, because the majority of food waste in Germany falls in private households. The key is intensive consumer education and education. By awareness. For the effects of our nutritional behavior and convey knowledge about sustainable nutrition, we can help to be wasted less food, ”emphasized the minister.

Minister Peter Hauk confirmed that pure knowledge transfer was not sufficient in order to achieve long -term effects in reducing food waste. To do this, the theoretically learned knowledge must also be implemented in practical action, which unfortunately sometimes fails in everyday life. How this can succeed, Vera presented a long, research assistant at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, in a lecture and explained where measures could take effect to reduce food waste at home.

varied program offered

The conference that the State Center for Nutrition has organized on behalf of the Ministry of Nutrition, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection offered a varied program. For example, the participants received an interesting overview of the current data on the food waste in Germany and were able to pursue a discussion about various strategies to reduce food waste from the perspective of representatives from politics, consumer protection and a municipal nutritional initiative.

The common exchange with the audience about the challenge "Do you already rescue or still waste?", Which the participants were able to voluntarily complete in the run -up to the conference and with which their own disposable behavior should be researched, questioned and reflected on. The central results of the conference were recorded graphically and can be viewed shortly on the website of the State Center for Nutrition.

food waste

In Germany, around eleven million tons of food are thrown away annually in Germany in accordance with the Statistical Federal Office from 2022. A large part of it would be avoidable. The majority of food waste is created in private households at around 59 percent (around 6.5 million tons).

The state of Baden-Württemberg has been committed to reducing food waste and promoting food valuation for several years. A special focus is on strengthening consumer education, for which Baden-Württemberg also campaigned as a presidency at the 19th Consumer Protection Ministers' Conference in 2023.

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