EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

Join FOODRUS in a 2-hour interactive/online discussion on 11 October on identified barriers on food waste prevention.

The Catalan Government launched a campaign between 26 September and 17 October to raise awareness about the issue with several activities, including collaborations with chefs, gleaning actions, a workshop and an exhibition.

To mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, the European Master in Sustainable Food Systems (FOOD4S) and Erasmus Mundus Association are hosting a social media campaign with a challenge to create awareness and engage citizens in reducing food loss and waste in their daily life.

World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023 and Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome have partnered, launching ''Dont waste:Share!'' campaign, encouraging pilgrims to place leftover packaged food into designed boxes, which were redistributed to charities helping people in need.

World Sustainable Urban Food Centre of València (CEMAS) and the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) hosted a hybrid event on 3 October. The event included panel debates, keynote speeches on global and national perspectives, promoting collaboration and dialogue across the food value chain.

The Nordic Council of Ministers for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MR-FJLS) has agreed in a new declaration to step up co-operation and seek new alliances to work towards the SDG Target 12.3.

On the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) launched a food waste campaign with a new quiz to encourage citizens to take simple steps at home to cut food waste.

Mercadona, a supermarket chain operating in Spain and Portugal, has developed a Social Responsibility Plan, encompassing various initiatives, supporting its donation of surplus food to more than 650 charities in the two countries.

The Italian Association of Automatic Distribution (CONFIDA ) and Fonazione Banco Alimentare Onlus signed an agreement to reduce food waste, involving more than 500 companies for the collection of surplus food from vending machines.

The European Consumer Food Waste Forum has gathered data and evaluated 78 interventions by various actors across the EU to reduce food waste and change consumers’ behaviour. The evaluation shows that the success of an intervention depends on the combination of practices put into place and the actor implementing the intervention.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a report, outlining the scope of the ECFWF and the evaluation framework for consumer food waste prevention interventions.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a literature review, identifying types of interventions conducted at consumer level and their effectiveness in reducing consumer food waste. The findings of this review help to summarize the most recent evidence on food waste reduction efforts and demonstrate the gaps, which need to be addressed in the future research.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a literature review on drivers and levers relating to consumer food waste and to identify potential interventions to stimulate behavioural change.

The study reveals the amount and quality of food waste in mixed waste and separately collected biowaste in Finnish households, and aims to estimate the unnecessary climate impact of lost food and to assess the validity of the chosen methodology.

Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) and Thünen Institute of Market Analysis joint study analyses the mass losses and unpaid share that occur during the harvest process and persimmon storage in warehouses in Valencia region, Spain.

''Miesto Laboratorija'' shows step-by-step solutions to prevent food waste.