10 Amendments of Bart STAES related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Indent 2 a (new)
Indent 2 a (new)
- whereas food production is linked with a high level of CO2 emissions and resource use (including land and water);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that reducing food waste has significant environmental benefits, not only in terms of avoiding the negative effects of waste disposal, but also in terms of saving energy, emissions, water and land use in the production process and avoiding negative effects related to potentially unsustainable agricultural production practices, such as water pollution and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to propose clear food waste reduction targets in the framework of the waste framework directive; calls on the Commission to put a special focus on food waste when assessing the Member States waste prevention programmes, objectives and indicators in accordance with the waste framework directive; calls for the appraisal of effects on the generation of food waste in the impact assessment of each food-related legislative proposal;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to put a special focus on food waste in their waste prevention programmes and to take legislative action aimed at avoiding food waste along the whole production chain, including at the level of retailer and wholesale trade; this should include the setting of targets for waste avoidance, separation and redistribution;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Encourages companies in the hospitality sector, public entities such as schools and hospitals, retailers and wholesalers to establish redistribution programmes in partnership with local charities so that uneaten but edible food is donated to those in need; stresses that this shall not lead to the reduction of public allocations to the poor;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that to some extent the food loss and waste are unavoidable phenomena which, once they have occurred, haCalls for a strict application of the waste hierarchy as laid down in the waste framework directive; to be taken care of with the best means available to us and which require investments not only in technology but also in our behaviour, with the aim of avoiding the least desirable options, i.e. landfill and incinerationherefore considers that food waste which was generated despite all efforts of prevention should be composted or used in biogas plants instead of incinerated or landfilled;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware that in Europe, where the main food waste takes place at the retail and consumption levels, there is relatively little scope for regulation and legislation to improve the situation and that the main benefit must come from an exchange of best practice, improved routines in the treatment of food and a change in behaviour on the part of companies and individuals; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to lend their support to awareness-raising measures and campaigns aimed at those goals;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on retailers to take their responsibility to reduce food waste seriously; e.g. by easing requirements for marketing standards; calls on the Commission to gather and publish the best practices policies to avoid food waste of the European retail sector, as well as practical solutions to deal with or distribute foodstuffs that cannot be sold via the regular channels;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that incineration can only be acceptable if it is linked to energy recovery and prevents the production of GHG emissConsiders that the recycling of biowaste by composting or use in biogas plants is far preferable to its incinerations;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Member States to support short supply chains and sustainable local production and marketing of food products, thus avoiding long and sometimes complicated logistics and reducing carbon footprints;