FoodCloud Ireland: Celebrity Chefs vs Charity Chefs battling it out to help the planet! (02/12/2021)
Celebrity chefs are facing charity chefs in FoodCloud's new ‘All Taste Zero Waste’ video series. The project seeks to put food waste back on the agenda by highlighting the importance of saving valuable surplus produce from going to landfill and the positive impact that this will have on the environment.
FAO: Training on tools and methods for measuring, analysing, and reporting on food losses and waste (02/12/2021)
As part of its regional effort to support countries in Europe and Central Asia in taking action to reduce food loss and waste, FAO hosted an online training aimed to improve food loss and waste data availability and quality on 16 November.
Harvard Law School: Global Food Donation Atlas Project Webinar Series (02/12/2021)
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and Food Systems for the Future organised a webinar on the role of tax law and policy in impacting food waste, food recovery and donation on 1 December.
FAO webinar: Food loss and waste reduction in hospitality and food service sector (02/12/2021)
The fourth session of the Regional Impact Webinar Series with focus on hands-on solutions and possible types of actions aimed to tackle food waste in the hospitality and food service sector will take place on 8 December.
Policies and Practices webinar: Exploring food waste reduction potential and return on investment (02/12/2021)
A webinar dedicated to Exploring food waste reduction potential and return on investment with the participation of FAO, IFWC, CSCP will take place on 10 December. After a show-case of practices, a lively debate will be launched.
Food waste diary for households by EUFIC (02/12/2021)
This food waste diary template by EUFIC will allow individuals to track what food they waste, how much of it and for what reasons, as well as making notes for how to avoid wasting it in the future.
European food banks and COVID-19 - study by University of Oslo, University of Pisa and Food Banks Norway (02/12/2021)
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the functioning of European food banks and how resilient European food banks were in coping with the pandemic in 2020.
Informative article series by EUFIC: preventing food waste at home (02/12/2021)
EUFIC has created a series of informative articles for the general public providing actionable information on food safety, food storage and how to avoid food waste at home.
Read about the latest initiatives from Croatia, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (14/10/2021)
Learn more about campaigns, exhibitions and other events that took place across the EU and beyond.
Events you might have missed (26/10/2021)
Check out this section to find out what has been going on!
11th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (03/11/2021)
Save the date! The last meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste will take place on 18 November.
JRC report: Building a balancing system for food waste accounting at national level (05/11/2021)
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 (05/11/2021)
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 (05/11/2021)
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? (05/11/2021)
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 (05/11/2021)
EFFPA released a video to explain what former foodstuff processing is about.
EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste – call for applications from private sector organisations (02/07/2021)
A call for applications for private sector organisations with expertise and proven track record in food waste prevention to re-establish, together with public entities, the European Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste has already opened and will run until 23 July 2021
Adoption of the Single Market Programme (02/07/2021)
Food waste prevention will be addressed in the context of the work programme implementing the specific objective of contributing to a high level of health for humans, animals and plants along the food chain and in related areas
Adoption of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 (02/07/2021)
R&I opportunities in the area of food systems, and more specifically for food loss and waste prevention and reduction, are offered through Cluster 6 on ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’
EU Code of Conduct on responsible food business and marketing practices (02/07/2021)
Final version published and high-level stakeholder event to be held on 5 July 2021
Food waste measurement webinar for Member States – 9 July 2021 (02/07/2021)
The webinar will focus on concrete examples of national food waste monitoring, while the Commission will also update participants on food waste measurement activities at EU level
Germany (02/07/2021)
The 6th ‘Too good for the bin!’ federal award honours outstanding projects reducing food waste
Hungary (02/07/2021)
Nébih’s school programme: new tools in education for sustainability & webinar about food waste prevention for wasteless summer holidays
Spain (02/07/2021)
Latest data on food waste in Spanish households and ‘out-of-home’ consumption & launch of the first institutional campaign against food waste
Sweden (02/07/2021)
A new study on food and drink poured down the drain in Swedish households in 2021
Boroume (02/07/2021)
Boroume saves food even in a difficult year
COPA COGECA (02/07/2021)
Agricultural cooperatives and the food waste fight: innovation and collaboration
Eurocommerce (02/07/2021)
SPAR cooperates with Too Good To Go to further minimize food waste – first results of the initiative
European Dairy Association (02/07/2021)
Fact sheet on food loss and waste prevention in the dairy chain
European Food Banks Federation (02/07/2021)
European Food Banks Federation for a sustainable future food system
Stop Wasting Food Denmark (02/07/2021)
Stop Wasting Food movement and partners launch the Food Waste Cheese
FAO (02/07/2021)
Bridging the information gap on food loss and waste in fish value chains through an online repository
G7 (02/07/2021)
G7 Climate and Environment Ministers Communiqué and 'best practice' document on consumer food waste prevention
France launches work on an ‘anti-food waste’ label
Finland (22/04/1999)
Sustainable packaging protects food and reduces waste - sustainability criteria and trade-offs for food packaging in Finland
Germany (22/04/1999)
Second National Dialogue Forum on Food Waste Reduction in Germany & Voluntary agreement on the reduction of food waste in out-of-home consumption
Netherlands (22/04/1999)
Innovative solutions to prevent food waste; Dutch Food Waste Free Week 2021; a zero-waste food chain must take top priority on the climate agenda in the Netherlands
Slovenia (22/04/1999)
First compositional analysis of bio-waste in Slovenia; 'Food, not waste' - a Slovenian targeted research programme; the first Slovenian Day Without Food Waste
Sweden (22/04/1999)
New report and methods for national follow-up on food losses & consumer survey on knowledge and behaviours related to household food waste
Boroume (22/04/1999)
Food saving warriors at Farmers' Markets in Greece
European Food Banks Federation (22/04/1999)
Renewed commitment to fight food waste and foster food redistribution
FoodCloud (22/04/1999)
FoodCloud launches campaign linking food waste and climate change
Independent Retail Europe (22/04/1999)
SPAR agrees global partnerships to reduce food waste with Too Good To Go and Gander
Stop Wasting Food Denmark (22/04/1999)
Launch of the digital FREE FOOD PLATFORM to facilitate food donations
WRAP (22/04/1999)
Launch of Mexican food waste voluntary agreement; new guidance to reduce on-farm food loss and waste; discussing food loss and waste in the run-up to the UNFSS 2021; and more
Zero Waste Scotland (22/04/1999)
Using nudge technique to reduce food waste – school dining hall case study offers insights
European Food Safety Authority (22/04/1999)
EFSA scientific opinion - second part: Guidance on food information
Introduction February 2021 newsletter (15/07/2020)
Members of the Platform’s Food donation and Action & implementation sub-groups met virtually in February 2021 to discuss developments in their work on food loss and waste prevention. This edition of the newsletter includes information on the development of sectorial guidance, organisation of conferences and webinars, the launch of new awareness campaigns, new sectorial food waste data, and many more. For food waste prevention entrepreneurs, please note that the deadline to apply to the EIT Food flagship Entrepreneurship programs is fast approaching: 10.04.2021. We wish you a pleasant reading!
European Commission (24/03/2021)
Virtual meetings of the EU Platform’s Food donation and Action & implementation sub-groups
Croatia (24/03/2021)
Launch of two sectorial guidelines for food waste reduction
Germany (24/03/2021)
The first results of the wholesale and retail dialogue forum are published
Hungary (24/03/2021)
Final conference of the Wasteless Project
Ireland (24/03/2021)
Meet Ireland’s food waste population segments
Romania (24/03/2021)
Specific inter-institutional actions to prevent food waste
EuroCommerce (24/03/2021)
Awareness campaign ‘No food waste. Together we can’ launched by Federdistribuzione on the Italian food waste prevention day
Eurocoop (24/03/2021)
National day against food waste: Coop Italy’s commitment to the 'Buon Fine' project
European Food Banks Federation (24/03/2021)
First release of the online Observatory on Food Donation; FEBA joins forces with ‘The Vegetarian Butcher’; Banco Alimentare Italy and Alitalia partner to ensure recovery and redistribution of safe surplus food
Health Care Without Harm Europe (24/03/2021)
A circular economy of food in healthcare: results of the MECAHF project & webinar ‘From Data to Action: How to Reduce Food Waste in European Healthcare’
Hungarian Food Bank Association (24/03/2021)
Hungarian Food Bank Association and Munch enter a strategic partnership
SMEunited & the EU LIFE Programme, EASME (24/03/2021)
Green Perspectives in Food Production
WRAP (24/03/2021)
Interventions at events and meetings, new blogpost and news from international partners
FAO (24/03/2021)
FAO, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey and Metro Turkey to tackle food waste in the food services and hospitality sector
EIT Food (24/03/2021)
Applications are open for the EIT Food flagship Entrepreneurship programs: Seedbed, EIT FAN and RisingFoodStars
Stop Wasting Food Denmark (15/07/2020)
Stop Wasting Food movement featured in VOGUE Germany
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!
Ireland (21/02/2021)
Ireland’s national ‘Eat it or Freeze it’ communications campaign
Finland (21/02/2021)
A roadmap for reducing and monitoring food waste in Finland
Germany (21/02/2021)
Dialogue forums for the primary production and the food processing stages
Netherlands (21/02/2021)
Food waste and date marking in the Netherlands: intervention visual cues on packaging
Poland (21/02/2021)
How much food is wasted in Poland?
Romania (21/02/2021)
Amendments to the food waste prevention legislative framework
Sweden (21/02/2021)
The Swedish voluntary agreement for the reduction of food waste celebrates its first year of cooperation
Boroume (21/02/2021)
Saving food 30 000 feet above the Earth
European Food Banks Federation (21/02/2021)
Updates from FEBA membership and recovery of surplus food from European Commission’s restaurants and cafeterias
FoodDrinkEurope (21/02/2021)
Discover the Italian task force against food waste: LIFE Food.Waste.StandUp project
FoodWIN (21/02/2021)
65% reduction in household food waste in Bruges: promising first results of the ‘Food Winners Brugge’ campaign
OSTFOLD Research, Nofima and Matvett Consortium (21/02/2021)
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
WRAP (21/02/2021)
Courtauld 2025 Annual Summit success; Food Waste Action Week; Guardians taking action against food waste; Stop Food Waste Australia officially announced
This edition of the Platform’s newsletter marks the end of an exceptional year. Throughout 2020, the members of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste continued to tackle food loss and waste, while addressing the challenges emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiatives taking place in December 2020 include end-of-year food waste campaigns, food waste prevention training, conferences and studies on the impact of innovative solutions. We wish you a pleasant reading!
9th Plenary meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, 10 December 2020 (15/11/2020)
EFSA scientific opinion: Guidance on date marking and related food information: part 1 (date marking) (15/11/2020)
Austria (16/01/2021)
Food waste training programme for food services professionals
Lithuania (16/01/2021)
International conference ‘Taking household food waste seriously’ & online educational tournaments by ‘Sincerely, food’
Wageningen University & Research (16/01/2021)
Consumers positive about smart shelf life indicator on meal packaging
Sweden (16/01/2021)
Christmas date marking awareness campaign & Sweden’s food loss and waste milestone targets available in English
EuroCommerce (16/01/2021)
Mercadona intensifies its food donation activities in Spain and Portugal & Zer0% waste fruit and vegetable box available in all Continente stores in Portugal
European Food Banks Federation (16/01/2021)
FEBA Annual Forum - European Food Banks Federation: competences and creativity to feed the future & Christmas solidarity campaign in Italy
WRAP (16/01/2021)
Webinar on redistribution of food beyond its ‘best before’ date & online learning programme for the hospitality and food service sector in the UK
