Berghs students make packaging the hero in bid to cut food waste

‘Cut food waste using a smart packaging concept.’ In this year’s PackChallenge, BillerudKorsnäs sets students at Berghs School of Communication a challenge for a sustainable future.The world produces enough food for 11 billion people, yet 800 million people are under nourished. One major reason for this is the food waste that occurs in all parts of the value chain: In harvesting, production, storage and transport, as well as in stores, restaurants and consumers’ homes. In Europe and the US, around 30 percent of food produced is wasted, and more than 40 percent of that waste occurs in stores