Waste = foodLesson one: Introducing waste = food
Learning objectives:•To rethink our attitudes towards packaging as redundant waste •To develop circular economy thinking: waste = food
What happens to our waste?
Let’s rethink waste
Using circular economy thinking we could rethink litter.
What if the litter we dropped benefited the environment?
Could we rethink packaging to be completely biodegradable?
Have a look at: http://www.matchstickgarden.com
These biodegradable paper sticks are impregnated with seeds.
Biodigesters
Food and compostable packaging could be a useful source of methane, derived from biodigesters.
Where does your garden and food waste go at the moment?
From linear to circular
Most current packaging falls into this side.
How can we change the system so that it falls on this side of the model?
Polystyrene food packaging: Linear or circular?
Raw materials
Processing
Packaging
TransportEnd of use as
food packaging
Materials recovery phase
Landfill
What do we need to find out?
Where can we find out about the following things?
• Materials
• Composting
• Biodigesters