EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

September 2022

Dear readers,

Welcome to the September edition of the Hub’s newsletter, bringing you news and resources on food loss and waste prevention from across Europe.

If you missed the special edition newsletter for the International Day of Awareness of Food Losses and Food Waste, you can read it here.

Save the following dates in your busy calendars: the Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Enabling the change on 5-6 October and the 13^th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste on 20 October.

You can still contribute to the data collection on FLW prevention initiatives along the food supply chain, the deadline is extended until 10 October. All actions will be assessed by scientists from the Joint Research Centre in terms of effectiveness and efficiency and those that deliver the best results will be promoted in a dedicated event in 2023!

Happy reading!

Upcoming events

Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Enabling the change

The conference on 5-6 October will focus on identifying essential elements of enabling environments and practical tools and interventions to reduce food loss and waste.

13th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

The second meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in its second mandate (2022-2026) will take place on 20 October and will be webstreamed live.

When the circular economy becomes a solidarity economy! Together against food waste

Discover the results of the CirculAbility project on 25 October and discuss the challenges of a circular and inclusive economy, which promote the recycling of unsold food by people with disabilities.

RETASTE Greece: Rethink Food Waste 2022

After the success of RETASTE 2021 that brought together over 200 scientists and stakeholders from local authorities, NGOs, and the industry from over 30 countries, RETASTE will be back on 20 and 21 October.

News

National Food Waste Week, Finland: focus on households

In 2022, the main event of the National Food Waste Week in Finland focused on solutions that support households in their efforts to tackle food waste.

Resources (highlights)

WRAP: Food loss and waste research summary report

Key findings of joint research undertaken by WRAP and Hellmann's indicate that nearly half of respondents throw away as much food or more than they did in 2021.

ASEDAS faces food waste in Spain: the best strategy is prevention

Discover the food waste prevention actions carried out by companies associated with ASEDAS, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets.

PAJATSO platform: enhancing learning and collaboration on food waste reduction in Finland

The waste insight team of the University of Vaasa, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) and the city of Lapua demonstrate the new PAJATSO platform to help food services reduce their food waste.

City of Zurich: Sustainable food strategy - food saving initiative

City of Zurich's sustainable food strategy, established in 2019, established a goal for all its food establishments to reduce food waste to 10% of the production volume by 2030. This is monitored in 450 units with over 7 million meals annually.

Animated video on former foodstuff processing into feed by EFFPA is now available in 7 languages

In the context of the 3rd International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September 2022, EFFPA has published new videos, in 7 languages (EN, IT, FR, ES, DE, NL, EL), to explain former foodstuff processing.

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.

The contents of the newsletter do not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. For more information about EU actions on food loss and waste prevention, please visit the European Commission’s Food waste website.

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