2 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas food waste has not just ethical but also economic, environmental, social, nu, economic, social and nutritional but also health and environmental implications, since unconsumed food mountains make a major contributional and health implications to global warming and food waste produces methane, which as a greenhouse gas is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide,
Amendment 45 #
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 campaigns aimed at those goals; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to lend their support to campaigns aimed at those goals, particularly stressing educational initiatives which cultivate awareness among producers and consumers of the connection which exists between consumption and production and their awareness of costs, waste, the environment and health;