Change(K)now! aims to promote a change of mindset in food supply systems from disposable to reusable crockery and multi-purpose packaging. The Lahti pilot project focuses on industrial catering.
The third SPRINT workshop was organised by the Lahti pilot team in early September 2024. The workshop brought together stakeholders from the entire institutional catering value chain.
The stakeholders are shown in the two pictures below are as follows: Suomen Pakkausyhdistys ry – Toimitusjohtaja Antro Säilä, Palvelutukku (PATU) – Juho Stolt, Päijät-Hämeen Ateriapalvelut Oy – Jukka Turta, Salpaus koulutuskeskus – Marko Viljamaa ja Sari Kovanen, Hollola municipality institutional catering – Helena Simolin, Lahti city procurement – Tarinka Ringvall.
Working area of the workshop
The sketch below illustrates the entire institutional catering value chain in the Lahti environment. The sketch provided a framework for the discussions in the Lahti workshop.
The workshop participants discussed the following two challenges. The discussion touched on the current state, the goal, the means of change, the responsibilities for action and the risks.
- Reducing, rethinking and redesigning suppliers’ food packaging
- Re-use of suppliers’ food packaging
Conclusions of the Workshop
The Lahti pilot aims to intervene in public procurement practices and identify sustainable practices for wholesalers, promoting transparency and cooperation throughout the value chain.
The pilot aims to identify effective measures through experiments targeting the upstream part of the institutional catering value chain.
The pilot aims to identify measures to reduce packaging waste by 5% by 2030, 10% by 2035 and 15% by 2040 as as stated in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Directive (PPWD). The baseline is 6000 kg packaging waste per one million platefuls.
The figure below summarises the experiments and the target area or target group.
Acknowledgement
Change(K)now! project is co-funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region. The project’s main objective is a mindset change from single-use to circular or multiple-use of food delivery systems in cities and residents of the Baltic Sea Region.
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