"Food is not to be discarded" awareness campaign aims at Basque citizens (23/01/2023)
The Basque Government, with the coordination of Elika, launched an awareness campaign aimed at Basque society with the slogan "Food is not to be discarded". The campaign is part of the Basque Strategy against Food Waste.
European hospitality and food service sector reports 20% reduction in food waste (23/01/2023)
New data from members of the International Food Waste Coalition show that food waste has dropped by more than 20% across Europe’s hospitality and food service sector since 2019.
Podcast - Sustainability meets hospitality: Best practices from a green Michelin star restaurant (23/01/2023)
In this episode of 'Dare to Host' podcast, HOTREC interviewed Mr Carlos Henriques, a restaurant owner based in Finland about sustainability practices, managing food waste and his wishes for transmitting his knowledge to others.
IFWC: Engaging with customers to cut plate waste (23/01/2023)
In an experiment conducted across 5 corporate restaurants in France, the International Food Waste Coalition found that 80% of plate waste is generated by just 15% of consumers.
New study on link between food waste and healthy eating habits (23/01/2023)
A study carried out by researchers at the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics in Italy looked at the relationship between adherence to the dietary guidelines and food waste behaviors in Italian families.
Italy: Wastemeter application (23/01/2023)
The tool allows consumers to measure their food waste and its economic and environmental impacts, while providing educational content to correct wrong eating habits and behaviours.
"My canteen": a tool to support collective catering actors in France (23/01/2023)
Experimenting with meal reservation solutions to reduce food waste in French canteens. A project conducted by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Portugal, United Against Waste Movement: Tips and recipes that save the planet (23/01/2023)
The Portuguese United Against Waste Movement put together a book with recipes that help consumers fight food waste in their homes. Consumers can search by type of food and quickly and easily find a solution to use particular leftover ingredients.
Ireland's National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap 2023-2025 (23/01/2023)
Ireland's Roadmap sets out a number of priority actions to bring the focus on food waste prevention, across key sectors in the food supply chain, together in a coherent manner.
FOODRUS online workshop: Food upcycling and food waste recycling - what is it all about? (23/01/2023)
The online workshop organised by the University of Copenhagen in the framework of the FOODRUS project, which aims to prevent food loos and waste, and to promote resource efficiency across all stages of the agri-food value chain, took place on 23 January.
Research funding opportunities: Horizon Europe work programme 2023-2024 is now published! (23/01/2023)
With this work programme, the EU will invest around €13.5 billion in research and innovation that will shape the future of Europe. Under Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural resources, Agriculture and Environment, there are several funding opportunities for topics related to food waste.
FOODRUS online workshop: How to monitor and report food loss and waste? (01/12/2022)
The online workshop taking place on 5 December (15:00-17:00 CET) is the first event part of a series organised by the EU-funded FOODRUS project.
Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark participates in International Stop Wasting Food Lunch (01/12/2022)
The event is at its 4th edition and will be hosted by the German Embassy in Denmark. Every year, a new Embassy takes the baton and organizes a Stop Wasting Food dinner or lunch, with a menu prepared from good, surplus food.
WRAP's Food Waste Action Week 2023 is coming! (01/12/2022)
Food Waste Action Week 2023 will take place on 6-12 March. If you would be interested in supporting the week and amplifying the key messages, please read on to know how.
Circular, united and sustainable ecosystem at the Rungis International Market, Paris (01/12/2022)
The aim of the project is to develop innovative solutions to reduce food waste the second largest wholesale food market in the world.
Agro2Circular EU Project (01/12/2022)
Agro2Circular is an EU Green Deal project proposing innovative valorisation routes to upcycle agri-food waste and develop a circular economy.
EUFIC's toolkit on how to design an effective information-based food waste campaign (01/12/2022)
This toolkit represents a brief how-to-guide on designing and reporting on information-based food waste reduction interventions.
Rabobank's in-depth analysis of leading grocery retailers in Europe, the US, and Asia, reveals that the hidden costs of food waste are enormous, even at the best-performing chains.
Pre-slaughter losses of pork, beef and milk on the farms in Sweden (01/12/2022)
The report presents how much meat was lost due to pig and cattle mortality, while also looking at milk losses at farm level, during 2020 in Sweden.
Food losses at the slaughter of cattle and pigs in Sweden (01/12/2022)
The report presents how Swedish slaughter plants utilize by-products from pigs and cattle, focusing on edible by-products and the extent to which they are valorised as animal feed or for biogas production.
Eurostat published EU food waste estimates for 2020 (09/11/2022)
The most recent EU data shows that nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros.
Join the Zero FLW Business Ecosystem and turn food loss & waste into sustainable business (09/11/2022)
Are you an investor, corporate or venture capitalist, NGO, consumer organisation or food bank looking to support spin-offs and to discuss innovative ideas on food losses and waste? Apply before 30 November!
Germany: the 7th "Too good for the bin!" Federal Award (09/11/2022)
On 21 October 2022, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany, Cem Özdemir, honoured outstanding projects for avoiding and reducing food waste.
13th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (09/11/2022)
The second meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in its second mandate (2022-2026) took place on 20 October. Discussions focused on the contribution of food loss and waste prevention to food security and mitigating climate change effects, EU initiatives and global developments.
Czechia: September Against Food Waste (09/11/2022)
Zachran jidlo held a food waste reduction challenge for consumers, with almost 1000 participants who received information about buying, storing, preparing and making the most of food.
IDAFLW 2022 - "Food Saving Week" by Boroume (09/11/2022)
On the occasion of IDAFLW 2022, Boroume held a "Food Saving Week", with various public awareness raising activities, as well food rescue and redistribution actions.
Successful Food Waste-Free Week 2022 in the Netherlands (09/11/2022)
Millions of Dutch consumers took action against food waste, during the national Food Waste-Free Week, from 12 to 18 September 2022.
Creating a local collaboration network to fight food waste in Cyprus (09/11/2022)
On 27 October, a networking event was held in Limassol, as part of the European project LIFE FOODprint, which aims to raise awareness and educate stakeholders on the reduction of food waste.
Norway: The rescue moment (09/11/2022)
By putting charming food saving messages on brands, Too Good To Go wants to inspire consumers to save the food they would normally be likely to toss after keeping it in the fridge for a while.
Report: Food waste quantification in the food value chain in the Basque Country (09/11/2022)
The Basque Government, through Elika Foundation, has carried out a pioneering study to measure food waste throughout the Basque food chain using the methodology established by the European Commission.
Czechia: Save the Lunch initiative (09/11/2022)
Zachran jidlo (Save the Food) initiative has created a system for donating surplus food from company canteens to charities in Prague.
Germany: "Too good for the bin!" app suggests easy leftover recipes for food waste reduction (09/11/2022)
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany released the redesigned Too good for the bin!-app. Easy recipes will support consumers to reduce food waste at home.
WRAP: research on consumer behaviour (09/11/2022)
Joint research undertaken by WRAP and Hellmann's indicates that nearly half of respondents throw away as much food or more than they did this time last year (2021), revealing an opportunity for people to save further by reducing waste in their homes.
Vouchers for innovations against food waste in the Netherlands (09/11/2022)
Vouchers to stimulate innovations against food wastage can be used to engage experts, develop a business case or scale up an innovation to production level. Discover the latest companies that received this voucher.
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.
National Food Waste Week, Finland: focus on households (30/09/2022)
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.
ASEDAS faces food waste in Spain: the best strategy is prevention (30/09/2022)
Discover the food waste prevention actions carried out by companies associated with ASEDAS, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets.
Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Enabling the change (30/09/2022)
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.
When the circular economy becomes a solidarity economy! Together against food waste (30/09/2022)
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.
PAJATSO platform: enhancing learning and collaboration on food waste reduction in Finland (30/09/2022)
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 (30/09/2022)
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 (03/10/2022)
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.
WRAP: Food loss and waste research summary report (03/10/2022)
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.
13th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (03/10/2022)
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.
The Global FoodBanking Network: Food banks fill the blanks (20/09/2022)
Food banks are experts in recovering and distributing food to people facing hunger – but that’s not all. The Global FoodBanking Network will shine a light on the different ways that food banks fill in the blanks. Check out the campaign!
"Germany saves Food!": 3rd nation-wide week of action (20/09/2022)
From 29 September to 6 October 2022, the action week aims to draw attention to the subject of reducing food waste and to strengthen the movement for greater appreciation of food nationwide.
Stop Wasting Food movement Denmark (20/09/2022)
For IDAFLW 2022, the Stop Wasting Food movement Denmark is preparing video campaigns and consumer tips and inspiration on how to stop wasting food.
Aotearoa New Zealand's inaugural Zero Food Waste Challenge Week will culminate on IDAFLW (20/09/2022)
A radically collaborative and disruptive behaviour change initiative to get people talking about and tackling food waste at home, while raising the profile of food rescue groups in Aotearoa NZ.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2022 in Lithuania (20/09/2022)
The Ministry of Environment of Lithuania is participating in marking the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2022 with various communication activities.
Catalonia: Let's work towards zero food waste! (20/09/2022)
The Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Catalan Government works under the campaign 'Aprofitem els Aliments' to achieve the objectives for the prevention and reduction of food loss and waste.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2022 in Romania (22/09/2022)
The IDAFWL 2022 in Romania will consist of an information campaign, drawing up a diary for quantifying the food waste and an event together with chefs and experts in gastronomy.
FAO and UNEP global virtual event: 3rd International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (22/09/2022)
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be observed for the third time on 29 September 2022 with a global virtual event, hosted jointly by FAO and UNEP.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2022 in Denmark (22/09/2022)
The celebration will raise awareness among the population of the importance of reducing food waste and ensure the Danes' involvement in the fight against food waste.
How efficient is your food waste prevention action? (30/08/2022)
Fill in the survey by 3 October and scientists at the Joint Research Centre will evaluate your initiative.
How are you marking the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September? (30/08/2022)
Share your activities through the Hub by 16 September and we will promote them in the upcoming special edition of our newsletter!
Get Involved guide by FAO and UNEP - International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September (30/08/2022)
The guide provides ideas on how to promote the observance of this important day as well as how to align all stakeholders and partners on the campaign’s key messages, content, and visual identity, ensuring a consistent brand and theme across activities worldwide.
Circular Food Center in the Netherlands: towards a waste-free bread supply chain (30/08/2022)
The Netherlands produces a surplus of about 700,000 loaves of bread each day. The Circular Food Center is working on circularity and efficiency in the bread supply chain by preventing return flows.
WRAP: New research to help people use their fresh food more effectively (30/08/2022)
The project focuses on ‘buy what you eat’ and ‘eat what you buy’ behaviours such as using your own judgement to eat beyond the 'Best Before' date.
Visual cues on packaging clarify expiration dates to prevent food waste in the Netherlands (30/08/2022)
Research from the Netherlands shows that visual date marking cues on packaging can help consumers to waste less food.
WRAP: Testing an integrative model of household food waste (30/08/2022)
WRAP together with the University of Leeds tested a model of food management behaviours, values, goals, and the theory of planned behaviour to understand why food is wasted in the home.
Stop Wasting Food Denmark movement celebrated its 14 years anniversary (30/08/2022)
Since 2008, Stop Wasting Food movement Denmark has both initiated and participated in over 200 local, national and international projects, events, campaigns, charity projects, research projects, debates and many other activities in the fight against food waste.
Online event: Enabling green and digital innovation to fight food waste in Europe (30/08/2022)
The Royal Danish Embassy in Belgium, Embassy of Denmark in the Netherlands and the Food Nation are organising an online event called "Enabling green and digital innovation to fight food waste in Europe” on 19 September.
EUFIC: Waste not, want not! How to design an effective information-based food waste campaign (30/08/2022)
Join this webinar on 27 September where EUFIC's Research Lead, Dr Betty Chang, will present best practices for information-based campaigns to reduce food waste among consumers.
USDA: The second Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair (30/08/2022)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will hold the second virtual USDA Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair on 14 September.
Dialogue Forum of Retail and Wholesale for Food Waste Reduction in Germany: 2021 interim report (30/08/2022)
The 2021 interim report of of the Dialogue Forum of Retail and Wholesale for the Reduction of Food Waste in Germany describes the joint forum work and gives an overview of the individual engagement of the participating companies.
Food waste reduction in wholesale and retail: case study collection from Germany (30/08/2022)
This collection showcases case studies of individual food waste reduction measures implemented by companies participating in the Dialogue Forum for Wholesale and Retail for the Reduction of Food Waste in Germany.
Reducing food waste - adding value to national production in Portugal (30/08/2022)
On 24 April - the Portuguese National Production Day - the Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation raised awareness among companies and other players in the food chain about the importance of combating food waste, by promoting a video with examples of good practices from Portuguese companies that turned food waste into new business opportunities.
New book by Wageningen researchers: ‘A journey into the world’s food systems in search of losses, waste and ways to solve them’ (30/08/2022)
In a recently published book, Wageningen University and Research experts from numerous domains explore how high-level food loss and waste recommendations can be translated into concrete actions, solutions, and pathways.
Germany: testing the understanding of alternative shelf life indications (30/08/2022)
This video explains the investigation of the potential of alternative shelf life information to reduce food waste in private households.
EU grants to help stakeholders take action against food waste (28/06/2022)
The call aims to support stakeholders in the hospitality and food services’ sector to improve food waste measurement and help implement food waste prevention in their operations and organisations. Apply before 20 September!
Meet the European Consumer Food Waste Forum experts (28/06/2022)
16 consumer food waste prevention practitioners and researchers were selected through an open call to collaborate with the European Consumer Food Waste Forum, which began its work in October 2021.
France: RÉGAL Normandie presents the regional "Empty Plate Challenge" for catering sites (28/06/2022)
RÉGAL Normandie is challenging all collective catering in Normandy to reduce their waste during one week, twice a year. Establishments are asked to weigh their waste as a first step to act against food waste.
WRAP: Scope 3 GHG Measurement and Reporting Protocols for Food and Drink businesses in UK (28/06/2022)
WRAP has published a consistent methodology for businesses to accurately measure and report food and drink greenhouse gas emissions.
Reducing food waste in the hospitality industry: Insights from Europe and China, 30 June (28/06/2022)
This international exchange event brings together experts from across China and Europe to share learnings and approaches used to reduce food waste in the hospitality industry.
Bulgaria: "Step by step on the road to the Farm to Fork Strategy" Forum (28/06/2022)
Forum “Step by step on the road to the Farm to Fork Strategy” was held in Bulgaria in June 2022. The forum covered several areas including the Farm to Fork Strategy; food loss and waste; food quality and the relationship between food producers and consumers.
Denmark: Takeaways from the World Food Summit 2022 (28/06/2022)
On 5 and 6 May 2022, the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Rasmus Prehn convened the 6th annual World Food Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
WRAP: Food Waste Action Week 2022 - what did we achieve together? (28/06/2022)
Earlier this year, WRAP celebrated Food Waste Action Week between 7-13 March, inspiring citizens across the world to waste less food. The campaign reached over eight million people in the UK, with a massive 55% of them saying they did something about food waste as a result.
FoodWIN: Food Waste Fest keynotes (28/06/2022)
Did you miss the Food Waste Fest on 11 and 12 May? All the keynotes are now available online! And remember: measure what you treasure!
Denmark: Report on date labels and the use of additional symbols/text (28/06/2022)
The aim of this report is to study whether we can improve consumer understanding of date labels by adding symbols or text to the current data label format.
Denmark: Report on date labels - Consumer practice, perceived risk and self-efficacy (28/06/2022)
The aim of the report is to analyze consumers' perception and handling of risks, self-efficacy on assessing the quality of foods and perception of how date labels are set.
FEFAC releases Circular Feed publication with examples of nutrient recovery practices (28/06/2022)
The publication showcases the European feed industry’s practical interpretation and illustration of the circular feed concept, providing current day examples of how the sector contributes to recovering nutrients from the circular economy.
A study on circular supply chain relationships for food redistribution in Finland (28/06/2022)
This study explores the roles of supply and demand-side actors, revealing that current practices not are not optimal for food recovery.
FAO: A holistic approach to food loss reduction in Africa (28/06/2022)
This paper shows the need for a paradigm shift of food loss reduction research and development programs as resulted from a project implemented in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
This foresight workshop aims to support the identification of future trends and technologies that may drive the emergence of risks for feed safety and animal health in the transition to a circular economy. The event will be held online on 9-10 June 2022.
Food waste carbon footprint of Finnish grocery trade (27/05/2022)
On behalf of the Finnish Grocery Trade Association, Natural Resources Institute Finland calculated the food waste carbon footprint of Finnish grocery trade for the first time.
Boroume celebrates its 10th anniversary (27/05/2022)
The story of Boroume goes back to 2012, when the founding members put their idea into action in order to reverse the coexistence of considerable food waste together with food insecurity in Greece.
Rising food prices contribute to greater effort of Danish consumers in reducing food waste (27/05/2022)
39 % of Danes make a greater effort to reduce food waste - greater focus on sustainability and rising food prices are contributing factors.
"Check Food Waste" - a pilot project of the German frozen food industry (27/05/2022)
The German Frozen Food Institute, the Centre for Sustainable Corporate Management and the consulting firm fjol GmbH created a scientifically based method for food producers to record losses according to international standards.
'Do good: Save food!' materials for schools by IFWC and FAO (27/05/2022)
'Do good: Save food!' is a collaborative initiative between the IFWC and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, which aims to reduce food loss and waste in primary and secondary schools by educating students and changing their daily habits to drive down food waste.
My School Against Food Waste - educational programme in France (27/05/2022)
Too Good To Go launches “Mon École Anti Gaspi” / "My School Against Food Waste" in France. This educational programme, supported by the national Ministry for Education, aims to raise children's awareness of the fight against food waste.
UNITED AGAINST WASTE: civic movement in Portugal (27/05/2022)
UNITED AGAINST WASTE is a Portuguese civic and national movement, aggregative and educational, which unites society in an active and positive fight against food waste.
Friendly food: project by Last Minute Market (27/05/2022)
With the CiboAmico (“Friendly food”) project, Hera Group in collaboration with Last Minute Market and Elior Group have been recovering cooked meals from the company's 6 canteens, donating over 120.000 meals between 2019 and 2021.
Webinar by WRI: How to Shift Social Norms to Reduce Household Food Waste (30/05/2022)
World Resources Institute is hosting a webinar on 7 June from 16:00 to 17:00 CEST. Join to learn about new research that finds communicating that food waste prevention is the ‘social norm’ can help change consumer attitudes and accelerate behaviour change.
Commission launches a public consultation on revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including setting of food waste targets (31/05/2022)
The Commission has launched a public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive on 24 May, share your opinion until 16 August!
Pitch & match workshop in Sweden (01/06/2022)
The Swedish Collaboration for the reduction of food waste (SAMS) hosted a successful workshop on 4 May. All participants shared a pitch on the topics of food waste measurement and packaging.
Contribute to the data collection on food waste prevention initiatives (01/06/2022)
Participate in the on-line survey on the results, costs, social and environmental benefits of your food waste prevention initiatives before 6 June! Your data will help the Commission set food waste reduction targets.
