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  1 March 2021  

EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

Newsletter January 2021

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Members of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste ushered in 2021 with new interventions to move towards the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. Information shared in this edition of the Platform’s newsletter includes results from implemented campaigns and updates on projects underway, new food loss and waste data at national level, amendments in legislative frameworks, and work on improving consumer understanding of date marking. We wish you a pleasant reading!
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Finland

A roadmap for reducing and monitoring food waste in Finland

 
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Germany

Dialogue forums for the primary production and the food processing stages

 
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Ireland

Ireland’s national ‘Eat it or Freeze it’ communications campaign

 
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Netherlands

Food waste and date marking in the Netherlands: intervention visual cues on packaging

 
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Poland

How much food is wasted in Poland?

 
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Romania
Amendments to the food waste prevention legislative framework
 
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Sweden

The Swedish voluntary agreement for the reduction of food waste celebrates its first year of cooperation

 
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Boroume

Saving food 30 000 feet above the Earth

 
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European Food Banks Federation

Updates from FEBA membership and recovery of surplus food from European Commission’s restaurants and cafeterias

 
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FoodDrinkEurope

Discover the Italian task force against food waste: LIFE Food.Waste.StandUp project

 
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FoodWIN

65% reduction in household food waste in Bruges: promising first results of the ‘Food Winners Brugge’ campaign

 
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OSTFOLD Research, Nofima and Matvett Consortium

A summary of food waste prevention activities in Norway in 2020; report on key figures 2015-2019; ‘CutFoodWaste2020’: final report on the Norwegian hospitality sector

 
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WRAP

Courtauld 2025 Annual Summit success; Food Waste Action Week; Guardians taking action against food waste; Stop Food Waste Australia officially announced

 
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In the press
Stop Wasting Food Denmark

Save Your Money and Save Your Food in January

 
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This is the monthly newsletter of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, incorporating information on the latest activities of its members. The newsletter is created and disseminated by the Platform’s Secretariat, within the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.

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