Meeting of the Parliament 03 March 2016
Those discussions go on all the time. Because the Parliament takes very seriously its responsibilities to try to reduce all waste, including food waste, we have detailed discussions with those who organise events. Furthermore, we are looking at installing a food-waste monitoring tool, so that we can understand a bit better how and where food is wasted. In that way, we will be able to have better and more informed discussion and take appropriate measures.
There are issues around what, on the surface, seems the worthy way of doing things that the member suggests. We have to remember that when one is catering for events, the food is unpackaged, prepared and served and is not temperature controlled, so we must be careful that we do not allow it to become a risk and unfit for human consumption. Sometimes, it has to be classed as waste.
That said, discussions are always continuing about how best to manage these things, and I am absolutely sure that, with their good management of this institution, SPCB staff will carry on that discussion, along with the corporate body that is elected after the elections in May.