Food waste the in the retail sector

The project showed that all stores do not use separate food waste collection, either via the municipality or other private operators, even though it is offered. Ensuring that food waste is disposed of and converted into biogas and/or compost is important and will become mandatory by 2023 according to the revised EU Waste Directive. Here, municipalities and private actors can work harder to get more to use this service.

The role of the media as the catalyst, blowtorch and motivation (using good public relations) can probably not be underestimated in the change of how the food waste issue is viewed and managed – which was also consciously used by the actors who wanted to influence the issue. This approach can probably be copied and transferred to other areas. The importance of data for visualization and advocacy, and collaborative social change in the form of increased environmental focus in society as a lubricant for attention and attitude change is probably also transferable to other issues.