The AIP is pleased to announce that the Save Food Packaging consortium which includes AIP as the project lead, RMIT as the research arm, and an industry led consortium that brings together experts in the field including Sealed Air, Zipform Packaging, Multivac, Result Group and Plantic, have been announced as a finalist in the Collaboration category for the inaugural Food Waste Action Awards for our ‘Save Food Packaging Criteria and Framework’ project.
One of the objectives of this project was for the AIP to establish a voice for Save Food Packaging within the greater realm of sustainability and packaging design. The AIP wanted to start talking to the industry about ’Getting the Balance Right’ between Food Waste and Packaging Waste when discussing environmental impacts of product and packaging.
The project, which is a part of the End Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, has developed a world-first set of Save Food Packaging Design Criteria including:
- Resource Booklet
- Criteria Checklists
- Design Icons
- Training Modules and 5. Academic Papers.
The Save Food Packaging project resources provide training and education materials that will lead to better packaging design, material selection and format selection using appropriate portioning, sealability, resealability features, date labelling, extend shelf life and provide the information required to assist retail, food service and consumers to minimise food waste.
The Save Food Packaging Design Criteria have been globally disseminated through workshops, industry tradeshows, sustainability events, and training modules presented by the AIP, led by Executive Director Nerida Kelton FAIP.
This project is just the start of the AIP continuing to be the subject matter experts in Save Food Packaging design and raising the voice for such an important topic.
The next step is for the AIP to help guide businesses into embedding the 5x Save Food Packaging Design principles into their own business.
‘Getting the Balance Right’ has now become a cornerstone of the AIP, and the Institute is extremely proud that we are a finalist for this industry-important initiative.
The Winner will be announced at the National Food Waste Summit on the 24th of July.