Activities of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2016/2223(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (debate) FI
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on initiative on resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety PDF (539 KB) DOC (113 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Consumer Goods Forum representing 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers, and other stakeholders across 70 countries has adopted a public resolution to halve food waste from their members´ own operations by 2025, five years ahead of SDG 12.3;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the FUSIONS project concluded that there are very few measurements of waste in agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, fisheries or other primary production activities; whereas this prevents a good assessment of the actual size of food loss and waste in Europe;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas a WRAP study in the UK indicated that at least 60% of the household food waste is avoidable and could have been eaten if it had been managed better1a ; _________________ 1aWRAP, 2015. Household Food Waste in the UK, 2015.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Food Loss and Waste Protocol is a multi-stakeholder effort that has developed a global accounting and reporting standard (known as the FLW Standard) for quantifying food and associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain2a; _________________ 2aFood Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, 2016.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas a distinction needs to be made between edible food waste and inedible parts of waste in order to avoid misleading conclusions and ineffective measures; whereas the focus of reduction efforts should be on avoiding edible food waste;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas countries may also adopt national voluntary guidelines for food donations, such as the one prepared by the food safety authorities in Finland, which is aimed at reducing avoidable food waste;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a binding food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030 and reiterates its call for a binding food waste reduction target of at least 30 % by 2025, with a focus on edible food waste;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to swiftly adopt a common methodology to measure food waste, in line with global existing methodologies such as the Food Loss and Waste Standard;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to include food losses in the agricultural sector in its measurements;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the important role of safe food packaging materials in preventing food waste and recalls that fresh wood fibres produce packages that are strong, clean and safe for direct food contact;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that relevant food contact material legislation should enable a maximum level of consumer protection for all packaging material, including imported material from third countries; therefore, calls upon the Commission to present EU harmonised rules for food contact materials and to prioritise the drawing-up of specific EU measures for paper and board in line with Parliament´s Resolution of 6 October 2016 on the implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation (EC) No 1953/2004;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote consumer understanding of food waste, food safety, and good practices in relation to their management and consumption of food;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the role of packaging in food waste prevention and stresses that paper and board, the leading food packaging material, is recyclable, derives from renewable sources and therefore presents various environmental benefits;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out, however, that food donations cannot be seen as a self-evident measure to solve the core problems of poverty; thus unrealistic expectations cannot be set on food donations to mitigate social problems on one hand, and prevent food waste on the other; therefore calls on the Commission to take more determined actions in prevention of poverty;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the promotion of bio- based packaging as an environmentally friendly solution that effectively contributes to limiting food waste; thus, calls upon the Commission and Member States to encourage measures to increase the use of bio-based packaging that is appropriate for direct contact with food;