Food Waste Publications and Reports
VCMI has led and co-authored a number of publications and reports on food waste and packaging:
- Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste Update – commissioned by Second Harvest
- “Quantifying the carbon footprint of household food waste and associated GHGs in Oakville, Ontario, and a municipality’s role in reducing both food waste and GHGs” – Published by The Canadian Geographer, August 15, 2022
- Report commissioned by Recyc-Quebec and City of Montreal – June 2022
- Wasted Opportunity — Rescuing Surplus Food in a Throwaway Culture
- National Identification of Community Food Organizations — Needs and Shortfall in Supply Versus Demand – 2019 to 2021
- Unwrapping the Arguments … Solving packaging and food waste through government/industry collaboration – May 18, 2021
- MAKE EVERY BITE COUNT: Study to Estimate the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Footprint of Household Food Waste in Oakville – Commissioned report for Halton Environmental Network – September 2020
- Less Food Waste, Less Packaging Waste – March 2020
National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) released the March 2020 report, completed by Value Chain Management International Inc.
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For French, click here - “Reducing Food Waste in Processing and Distribution – Chapter in Routledge Handbook of Food Waste” – First published in January 2020
- Controlling Factors Influencing Food Waste – An Elsevier Publication: April 4, 2019
- Understanding the impact on household food waste and packaging reduction through the use of a direct to consumer meal kit model – Report for HelloFresh Canada – March 27, 2021
- The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste – Technical Report – January 17, 2019
- The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste – The Roadmap – January 17, 2019
- Quantifying the Value of Packaging – AMERIPEN – January 2018
- OPMA FW Project – Distributor Case Study – December 2017
- OPMA FW Project Case Study – Gwillimdale Farms – Nov 20, 2017
- OPMA FW Project – Apple Factory Case Study – October 25, 2017
- OPMA – EarthFresh Food Waste Case Study – June 2017
- Quantifying Packaging’s Potential to Reduce Food Waste – AMERIPEN – May 2017
- Reducing Food Waste in Fresh Produce – OPMA Workbook – March 2017
- Food Waste – Aligning Government and Industry Within Value Chain Solutions – October 4, 2016
- Food Waste in Canada – $27 Billion Revisited – December 10, 2014
- Addressing Food Waste In Canada – July 2014
- Cut Waste GROW PROFIT – Food and Associated Wastes – May 2013
- The Importance of Quantifying Food Waste in Canada – April 2013 – by Majd Abdulla, Ralph C. Martin, Martin Gooch,and Eduardo Jovel
- Cut Waste Grow Profit – Food Waste Report – October 2012
- Food Waste in Canada – November 2010