Presenter: Chris Thornton
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Sustainable management of nutrients is crucial for agriculture, food, industry, water and the environment. ESPP brings together companies and stakeholders to address the Phosphorus Challenge and its opportunities for the circular economy.
Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
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Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
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Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
United Kingdom UK
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Phosphorus:
Fosfor
Fosfor
Fòsfòr
Фосфор
Fosfor
Фосфор
Fosfor
Fosfor
Фосфор
Фосфор
Fosforas
Fosfors
Fuosfuors
Fosfor
Ffуsfforws
Fosfar
Fosfaras
Fosfaar
Fosforus
Φωσφορος
Ֆոսֆոր
Fosfor
Fosfor
Фосфор
Фосфор
ফসফরাস
فسفر
ફૉસ્ફરસનો
फास्फोरस
Fosfor
Fosfori
Foszfor
Фосфор
Фосфор
Паликандур
Fosfor
Fosfor
Фосфор
Фосфор
Фосфор
Фосфор
Fosfor
فوسفور
Fosfor
Fosforoa
ფოსფორი
[fūsfūr]
זרחן
Fosfru
Lìn
リン
인
ฟอสฟอรัส
Photpho
磷
Posporo
Fosfor
Pūtūtae-whetū
Fosforus
ഫോസ്ഫറസ്
பொஸ்பரசு
Fosofo
Fosforase
Posfori
Fósforo
Phusphuru
Fosforimi
Fosforo
Fosforon
Pesticium
Nutrients and food sustainability - ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry, 16-17 January 2018
1. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Nutrients and food sustainability
Chris Thornton, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
info@phosphorusplatform.eu
www.ipni.net
2. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Food production and food security
Without mineral phosphate fertilisers
we could feed
maybe 1/5th
of the current world population
Adapted from Dawson et al., Food Policy 2011:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03069192
https://phosphorusalliance.org
3. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Phosphate is on the EU
Critical Raw Materials List
Non substitutable
Non renewable
Geopolitical resource concentration
EU 90% dependent
on imports
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/raw-materials/specific-interest/critical_en
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-599_en.htm
4. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
http://www.stockholmresilience.org
Nutrients and sustainability
Eutrophication
Planetary boundaries
Ammonia ( particulates)
(Emissions Ceilings Directive)
Phosphorus is the first
(non morphological) cause of
EU Water Framework Directive
quality status failure
30 % of PM10 particles In Milan
result from livestock ammonia emissions
www.phosphorusplatform.eu/scope122 nitrogen
phosphorus
5. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Phosphorus (P) in food
• Adults need 0.6 -1 gP per day
https://archive.is/kWypH - https://www.nrv.gov.au/nutrients/phosphorus
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002424.htm - https://www.efsa.europa.eu/fr/efsajournal/pub/4185
but Western diet levels are much higher:
• Dietary intake: 1 -2 gP/day in Europe
Welch et al. 2009 http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v63/n4s/full/ejcn200977a.html
and EFSA 2015 http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/consultations/call/150310b.htm
• Only 5-10% of diet P is from food additives
UK EA “Phosphorus in Food Additives” 2013
www.phosphorusplatform.eu/scope103
6. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Food phosphorus questions
Diet phosphorus control is critical for
kidney disease patients (CKD)
c. 70 million CKD patients in Europe
http://www.era-edta2015.org/press/1_150526_18.00_Press%20Release_CKD_Challenge.pdf
Statistical link between
blood phosphorus levels (serum P) and
cardio-vascular disease (CVD)
supported by in vitro studies
“Clinical aspects of natural and added phosphorus in foods”, Gutiérrez et al. ed.. 2017
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-6566-3
and www.phosphorusplatform.eu/scope125
7. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Food phosphorus questions
No evidence of causal link: diet P - serum P
in healthy population (good kidney function)
serum P regulated by kidneys
A. Cooke (IFAC – International Food Additives Council) 2017
“Dietary food-additive phosphate and human health outcomes”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12275
8. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Nutrient circular economy
EU Circular Economy Consultation 2015
- 30% of respondents identified bio-nutrients
as “materials the EU should target first” (Q5, Q3)
- 54% cited bio-nutrients or phosphorus (all questions)
see www.phosphorusplatform.eu/scope118
Potentials for nutrient Circular Economy:
- manure - sewage - food waste - digestates / bio-energy residues
- food & beverage production by-products
9. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Nutrient circular economy
challenge
Contaminants
in organic recycling
“Yuk” factor ?
Irrational fears ?
Science ?
10. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Phosphorus in diet and health
- dialogue with science
- informing kidney patients and consumers
- impacts of dietary choices (e.g. meat & dairy)
Acceptance of recycled nutrients in crop production / purchasing
Work with fertilisers industries on nutrient recycling
Upstream nutrient footprint
Downstream nutrient management / recycling
Implementation into sustainability criteria
How to pass on costs from farmers through to consumers
Making nutrient stewardship & recycling a marketing message
Challenges for the
F&B industry
11. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
• Objectives:
sustainable phosphorus use
- global food security
- circular economy & recycling
- environmental protection
- healthy diet and food safety
• Bringing together:
- wide range of industries
- national & regional governments,
- knowledge institutes
- not for profit Platform
- funded by Members
European Sustainable
Phosphorus Platform
a coalition for action
• Actions:
- vision & awareness
- stakeholders & networking
- dissemination
- policy and regulation dialogue
12. ENG Sustainable Development in the Food & Beverage Industry
Berlin 16-17 January 2018
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform members
Contact: Chris Thornton info@phosphorusplatform.eu