EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

October 2021

Dear readers,

Welcome to the first edition of the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub newsletter, covering news and resources submitted to the Hub late September and October.

In this issue, find out how public and private actors celebrated the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September. Check out the event section for more information, including on upcoming events such the 11^th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste on 18 November.

Go through the highlighted resources and discover many more on the Hub! Get inspired from studies, reports, guidelines, educational materials, audio and video, websites and many more.

Happy reading and stay safe!

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News

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

Learn more about campaigns, exhibitions and other events that took place across the EU and beyond.

Other news

Read about the latest initiatives from Croatia, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain.

Events

11th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

Save the date! The last meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste will take place on 18 November.

Events you might have missed

Check out this section to find out what has been going on!

Resources (highlights)

JRC report: Building a balancing system for food waste accounting at national level

This report presents a harmonized modelling system that enables the estimation of food waste generated by Member States and to assess the amounts reported by each country.

SirPlus start-up for food redistribution in Germany

SirPlus, together with food industry players, is saving large quantities of surplus, non-compliant and out-of-date food, that is perfectly edible, and responsibly returning it to the cycle.

National measurement methods for food losses in Sweden

Follow-up measurement methods for eight commodities at national level, focusing primarily on food losses, but may also include food waste in the early stages of the food chain.

Swedish study: Can interventions in supermarkets reduce household food waste?

It is a challenge that consumers unintentionally buy more items than they want or need when confronted by quantity discounts in supermarkets. Can this increase the risk of household food waste?

Former foodstuff processing: video by EFFPA

EFFPA released a video to explain what former foodstuff processing is about.

This is the monthly newsletter of the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub, 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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