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SUPERMARKETS AND SUSTAINABILITY

P. B. | E. K. | L. H. | T. D. R. | M. S.

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What does sustainability mean?

Sustainability is the use of resources at rates that do not exceed the capacity of the Earth to replace them.

In other words, ‘sustainable food’ is the production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities and animal welfare.

A top quality mark/ label obtains a score of 4 or 5 in at least one of these sustainability areas:

- It is transparent: the requirements are easy to find and or concrete.

- The information about the quality mark is easy to understand and covers the content.

- The check is reliable: preferably by an organization approved by the Accreditation Council (or a comparable foreign institute).

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Testing our local supermarkets

Local supermarkets in Estonia, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain were tested on three different criteria and compared.

The three criteria:

- Does the supermarket provide a wide range of local products?

- Are the products biological, do they use pesticides etc.?

- How are the products packed? Are they made out of plastic, cardboard, paper, etc.?

Five different products: apples, eggs, milk, milk chocolate and tomatoes, were examined along these criteria.

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The range of local products

Does the supermarket provide a wide range of local products?

Apples Eggs Milk Chocolate

(milk)

Tomatoes

Estonia Poland, Italy Yes Yes Yes Morocco,

Spain, Netherlands

Germany Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Italy Yes Yes Yes No Yes

The

Netherlands

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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The quality of products

Are the products biological, do they use pesticides etc.?

Apples Eggs Milk Chocolate

(milk)

Tomatoes

Estonia - - - - Biological

Germany Biological Biological Biological Biological Biological

Italy Pesticide in the limits imposed by the laws

Biological Fresh

pasteurized milk High quality

Non biological Biological

The

Netherlands

Planet Proof Planet Proof, Beter Leven (3 stars)

Biological Not biological;

UTZ Certified

Biological

Spain Planet proof biological, with logo

biological non biological biological

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The packaging of products

How are the products packed? Are they made out of plastic, cardboard, paper, etc.?

Apples Eggs Milk Chocolate

(milk)

Tomatoes

Estonia Plastic or without any packaging

Cardboard Cardboard Plastic Plastic or without any packaging

Germany Without anything

Cardboard Tetra pack Plastic Bio, with plastic

no bio, without packaging

Italy Plastic or without any packaging

Cardboard Plastic (PET) Plastic plastic and cardboard or without any packaging

The

Netherlands

Plastic or without any packaging

Cardboard, plastic (with plastic was not biological)

Cardboard, plastic

Paper Plastic or without any packaging

Spain plastic cardboard tetra pack plastic plastic

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Recommendation to stores

- Climate friendly ways for packaging

- Make clear if a product is sustainable or/and ecofriendly - Promoting vegan/ vegetarian food

- Not throwing away not good looking food

In some countries it is better, than in others, but at the end every country in the EU is supposed to call their supermarkets sustainable, sell local products without

pesticides and in ecofriendly packagings.

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