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Event
Webinar Organized by BeWasteWise
Food Waste Legislation: Approaches from Europe and the United States
Peter Burgess
June 5, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm UTC Timezone
John Fischer / Kat Heinrich / Marco Ricci – Jürgensen
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Moderated by Food Waste Specialist, Kat Heinrich
Food waste is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces today, contributing to climate change and resource depletion. Many cities and governments are taking action on this issue through legislation. For example, the US state of Massachusetts has banned large food waste generators from disposing of food waste in the trash. More recently, the EU has introduced a new requirement for separate collection of food waste by 2023.
But has the ban in Massachusetts been successful? How was it rolled out? What results have been achieved? How are municipalities preparing for the new EU requirement? Will it have any teeth?
SPEAKERS
John Fischer, Branch Chief, MassDep
John Fischer is Branch Chief for Commercial Waste Reduction and Waste Planning at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). In this position, he coordinates MassDEP’s programs to advance waste reduction, recycling, and composting by businesses and institutions in Massachusetts.
Marco Ricci – Jürgensen, Altereko Consulting
Marco is highly considered as an expert who conceives waste and recycling issues going beyond technical details, having acquired profound experience also in institutional, socio-economic topics and prosumer related issues. Currently he works at (C.I.C.) the Italian Composting and Biogas Association, which unites public and private companies, local authorities and others involved in the production of compost, as well as producers of machinery and equipment, producers of fertilisers, research bodies etc.
Kat Heinrich, Rawtec
Kat Heinrich is a food waste specialist in Australia and winner of the 2017 GISA Women in Waste Leadership Award. She works as an associate consultant at Rawtec, advising businesses and governments on how to reduce waste and improve resource management.